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Steph And Ayesha Curry Aim To Create 150 ‘Little Town Libraries’ In Oakland

Power couple Stephen and Ayesha Curry are working to improve children's literacy rates with a new initiative from their Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation. They have announced plans to create 150 […]

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19

1891

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1989

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2

1766

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21

1986

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Sep

17

1983

Our Nig by Harriet Wilson, the first novel published in the U.S. by an African A

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Sep

5

1859

Reuben V. Anderson is appointed a judge

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Jan

11

1985

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Jul

31

1961

Black Panther party founded in Oakland (Calif.) by

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Oct

15

1966

Rebecca J. Cole--2nd Black Female Physician

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14

1922

Judge Clarence Thomas is confirmed as the 106th associate justice of the U.S. Su

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15

1991

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Sep

28

1986

Grover Cleveland Wins Election

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Nov

4

1884

Executive Order 9808

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Dec

5

1946

Moneta Sleet becomes the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for his

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5

1969

Jump Start premieres in 40 newspapers in the U.S. It is created by 26 year old R

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Oct

2

1989

Phillis Wheatley freed

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Jan

21

1773

Max Robinson, first African American news anchor for a major television network

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Dec

20

1988

Anti-Slavery Society started

American Anti-Slavery Society

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Dec

4

1833

George and Noble Johnson founded the Lincoln Motion Picture Company in 1916. It was the first black-owned production company, it produced films exclusively for African

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17

2001

Ground is broken for the Harold Washington wing of the DuSable Museum in Chicago

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17

1991

Anti-Lynching Bill proposed

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Jan

20

1773

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8

1945

The Flip Wilson Show premieres on NBC. It is the first prime time variety show

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Sep

17

1970

Naval Frigate named after African American

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17

1973

John B. McLendon

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