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WATCH: Simone Biles Makes History At The U.S Classic With Yurchenko Double Pike

Biles made history after competing for the first time in 587 days.

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Poage, George Coleman (1880–1962)

George Poage ran track in the 1904 Olympic games and was the first African American to ever win an Olympic medal. Poage was born in Hannibal, Missouri on November 6, 1880, but spent most of his childhood growing up in La Crosse, Wisconsin. As a teen, he excelled both in academics and

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Apr

11

1962

Clayton, Eva (1934- )

Best known for being the first black woman to be elected to Congress in the state of North Carolina, Eva Clayton, a Democrat, became known as a vigorous advocate for the concerns of African Americans and for social

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South Africa banned from Olympic Games

South Africa was banned from the Olympic Games because of its apartheid policies.

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Aug

18

1964

Simone Biles Makes It Instagram Official With NFL Player Jonathan Owens

The two lovebirds showed off a little PDA.

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Cyber-Youth Network Launch

On Wednesday, February 3rd, for the first time in history, Americas urban students will have a Web site specifically designed to address their educational needs and interests. The site -- called the Cyber-Youth Network -- provides a model for online education by offering students and teachers

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Feb

3

1999

Russia banned from using its name, flag at next 2 Olympics - TheGrio

Russia was banned Thursday from using its name, flag and anthem at the next two Olympics or at any world... View Article The post Russia banned from using its name, flag at next 2 Olympics appeared first on TheGrio.

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Keith, Kenton Wesley (1939- )

On May 26, 1992, career diplomat Kenton Wesley Keith was nominated by President George H.W. Bush to serve as U.S. ambassador to Qatar. After U.S. Senate confirmation, Keith arrived in Ad-Dawhah (Doha), the capital of Qatar and presented his credentials on September 2, 1992. He served until July

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D’Amour Shines in Lausanne at Stage 2 World Cup

Nicholas D’Amour is likely the breakout star of the season by making the recurve men’s final four at the second stage of the 2021 Hyundai Archery World Cup in Lausanne.

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Wyomia Tyus becomes the first person to win a gold medal in the 100 meter race i

Wyomia Tyus becomes the first person to win a gold medal in the 100 meter race in two consecutive Olympic games.

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Oct

15

1968

Kenya Barris Calls Off His Divorce To Dr. Raina Edwards-Barris

Baby, Kenya Barris and his wife Dr. Raina “Rainbow” Barris are on a love

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Blacks vote in municipal election in Alexandria, Virginia

Blacks voted in municipal election in Alexandria, Va., for perhaps the first time in the South. The election commissioners refused to count the fourteen hundred votes and military officials suspended local elections pending clarification of the status of the freedmen.

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Mar

2

1867

Out of Control riots

Forty-three persons killed in rebellion in Detroit. Federal troops were called out for the first time since the Detroit riot of 1943 to quell the largest racial rebellion in a U.S. city in the twentieth century. More than two thousand persons were injured and some five thousand were

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Jul

23

1967

Facebook Launches A New Virtual Marketplace To Help Small Businesses

Facebook Launches A New Virtual Marketplace To Help Small Facebook

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Naomi Osaka makes history as world's highest-paid female athlete

Osaka’s name will now go down in history because her earnings has set a record for a female athletes’ earnings in

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Mori to resign Tokyo Olympics over sexist remarks

TOKYO (AP) — The long saga of Yoshiro Mori appears to be near the end. Japan’s Kyodo news agency and others reported on Thursday — citing unnamed sources “familiar with the matter” — that Yoshiro Mori will step...

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Jamaican helping to feed thousands in New York

CHIEF EXECUTIVE Officer (CEO) of 963Img Radio and member of the Evangel Church in New York, Patrick Thorpe, has been very busy in recent times as he organises thousands of food packages for those hit hard by the COVID-19

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Tivoli incursion - ten years on | Caught in crossfire at KPH

On Tuesday, journalists from The Gleaner are at the Kingston Public Hospital

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(1898) Alexander Crummell, “The Attitude of the American Mind Toward the Negro Intellect,”

? Alexander Crummells remarkable career spanned much of the 19th Century. Before the Civil War Crummell had established his credentials as an abolitionist, educator and lecturer in England as well as the United States. In the 1850s he was a member of the faculty of Liberia College. After the war

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Dec

28

1897

Dominique Dawes

One of the most renowned names in the history of American gymnastics, Dominique Dawes was born in November 20, 1976 in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dawes recognized her passion for gymnastics at an early age of 6 years and attended lessons with Kelli Hill who remained her coach for the rest of

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Nov

20

1976

D’Amour Shines in Lausanne at Stage 2 World Cup

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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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S. Africa records 399 Covid-19 deaths

South Africa recorded a total of 399 deaths from the Covid-19 pandemic as of Wednesday, an increase of 27 in the past 24 hours, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize

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Rwanda: Genocide Suspect Appears Before Paris Court

The United Nations has hailed the arrest of a wanted Rwandan genocide suspect, Felicien Kabuga, who appeared before a Paris court under heavy police protection on

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Roberta Flack is known as a singer of soulful jazz and pop ballads. Her particular heyday was the 1970s, when she recorded a string of hits including Feel Like Makin Love and The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. (The latter was included on the jazz-tinged soundtrack for Clint Eastwoods 1971 film

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Equity halts Sh9 billion dividend on Corona fears

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(1966) Robert F. Kennedy, “Day of Affirmation Address"

On June 7, 1966, New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy became one of the first major American politicians to take a public stand against South African Apartheid when he delivered an address to the National Union of South African Students in New York City. His address appears

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Jun

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1966

Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr.

Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908–72, American politician and clergyman, b. New Haven, Conn. In 1937 he became pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City, and he soon became known as a militant black leader. He was elected to the city council of New York in 1941, and was elected for

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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Torch Lit in Honor of Rafer Johnson - Los Angeles Sentinel

Today, LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn, who serves as the President of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission, announced that the Coliseum’s Torch has been lit in honor of Rafer Johnson, the famed decathlete and actor who passed away today in his Sherman Oaks

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Singer Roberta Flack born

b. 10 February 1937, Asheville, North Carolina, USA. Born into a musical family, Flack graduated from Howard University with a BA in music. She was discovered singing and playing jazz in a Washington nightclub by pianist Les McCann, who recommended her talents to Atlantic Records. Two classy

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Feb

10

1940

(1849) Charles Sumner, “Equality Before the Law: Unconstitutionality of Separate Colored Schools in Massachusetts”

In 1848 Benjamin Roberts filed a lawsuit against the city of Boston on behalf of his five year old daughter, Sarah, who was denied admission to schools in her neighborhood and instead assigned to the lone all-black school in the city. Two attorneys, Robert Morris, one of the first black lawyers in

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15

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