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Coretta Scott is born

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1946

Boone, Ashley A., Jr. (1938-1994)

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1939

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1950

Mal Goode becomes the first African American television news commentator when he

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1962

Trotter, William Monroe (1872-1934)

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7

1934

Bill Russell named coach of the Boston Celtics basketball team and became the first Black to coach an established team in professional athletics.

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Apr

18

1955

(1965) Lyndon B. Johnson, "The Voting Rights Act"

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1963

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1971

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1978

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