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Serena Williams' Flo-Jo Inspired Outfit At Australian Open Is Fierce As Hell

The tennis star, honoring Olympic sprinting legend Florence Griffith Joyner, raced to a quick victory in the first round.

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Dr. Daniel Hale Williams

Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performs the worlds first open-heart surgery on a young man named James Cornish. James was rushed to Provident Hospital in Chicago with a stab wound.

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Jul

10

1893

Rare Video Footage of Historic Alabama 1965 Civil Rights Marches, MLK's Famous Montgomery Speech

To see much more from the film, King: A Filmed Record, on Democracy Now!, visit http://owl.li/i1B3S. In a Black History Month special, Democracy Now! airs excerpts of the 1970 documentary, King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis, a rarely seen Oscar-nominated feature about Dr. Martin Luther

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Mar

7

1965

Bob the Chef's Restaurant

Bob the Chef's Restaurant has been a popular landmark soul food eating place in Boston for 30 years. Established by Bob 'the Chef' Morgan on Columbus Avenue where it stands today, this famous eating place is known for its ham hocks, fried chicken, barbecued spareribs, cornbread, and sweet potato

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Pulitzer Prize and Spingarn Medal given

Charles Gordone awarded Pulitzer Prize for his play, No Place To Go. Painter Jacob Lawrence awarded Spingarn Medal in tribute to the compelling power of his work which has opened to the world...a window on the Negros condition in the United States and in salute to his unswerving commitment to the

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Nov

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1970

Whitney Houston - Million Dollar Bill

Whitney Houstons official music video for Million Dollar Bill. Click to listen to Whitney Houston on

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Michael P. Johnson

Michael P. Johnson was the Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Williams, a natural gas processor and transporter. In this role, Johnson was responsible for leading all aspects of the company’s shared services units, which included Information Technology, Human

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Pan-African Congress met in London

Pan-African Congress met in London. Among the leaders of the Congress were H. Sylvester Williams, a West Indian Lawyer with a London practice, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Bishop Alexander Walters.

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Jul

23

1900

Tiffany Haddish Reveals Secret Behind 40-Lbs Weight Loss

Tiffany Haddish has revealed that she’s lost 40 pounds during her COVID-19 quarantine. “During this COVID period, I’ve lost 40 pounds,” Haddish tells PEOPLE, adding that she’s been exercising every day for “anywhere from 15 minutes to sometimes two hours.” “I had this thought in my mind that I want

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Davis, Shani (1982- )

Shani Davis became the first African American to win a gold medal an individual event in the Winter Olympics and the first African American male to win a gold when he competed in the men’s 1,000-meter speedskating championship in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in

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(1842) Charles Lenox Remond, “The Rights Of Colored Citizens In Traveling”

In 1842 Charles Lenox Remond became one of the first African Americans to give testimony before a state legislature when he addressed a committee of the Massachusetts House of Representatives investigating discrimination in public transportation. Here Remond contrasted the absence of discrimination

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1842

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Bert Williams--a Leading Comedian

At the turn of the century Bert Williams was one of Americas top comedians. Comedian Eddie Cantor called him a comic genius, W.C. Fields, a comic genius himself, once described Williams as the funniest man I ever

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1922

Ray, Emma (1859-1930)

For nearly thirty years, Emma Ray, who was born into slavery and raised in poverty in Missouri, ministered to the poor and homeless in Seattle slums along with her husband, L.P. They came to Seattle following the 1889 fire in order for L.P. to find work as a stonemason. Shortly after, they were

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Garrett Morgan - Death

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1963

Countries in Africa Considered Never Colonized

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Venus Williams wins her second straight Wimbledon

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Vanessa Williams

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Mt. Gilead Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas (1875- )

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Angela Davis Quotes: From the Radical Black Philosopher

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1773

Cowan, William “Mo” (1969- )

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1969

Molyneux, Thomas (1784–1818)

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1898

League of Women for Community Service

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Mary Lou Williams: Jazz Pianist is born

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1910

Ronald A. Williams

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