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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
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Sarah Mapps Douglass ~
(abolitionist) born
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9/7/2007,
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Sarah Mapps Douglass ~
(abolitionist) died, one day before her 76th birthday
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Sargent Johnson ~
(sculptor) born
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11/18/2007,
in category "People"
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Savion Glover ~
(actor, tap dancer, and choreographer) is born in Newark, New Jersey
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Posted by:
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9/23/2007,
in category "People"
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School integration ~
in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Maryland, begins in public schools
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Scott Joplin ~
(composer and musician) born
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Posted by:
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12/30/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Selma Burke ~
(sculptor) is born Mooresville, North Carolina
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2825 times
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Posted by:
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9/7/2007,
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Serena Willams ~
becomes the first African American woman to win the USA Open since Althea Gibson
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3723 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Shaka ~
(the great Zulu King) killed
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2981 times
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Posted by:
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9/15/2007,
in category "People"
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Shaka Zulu ~
(Zulu king) is killed
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2957 times
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Posted by:
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2/16/2008,
in category "People"
On this date:
Shani Davis ~
(speed skater) becomes the first Black to be awarded with an individual gold medal in the Winter Olympics
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4196 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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On this date:
Shirley Chisholm ~
becomes first Black woman elected to Congress, representing Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NYC
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7/29/2007,
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Shirley Chisholm ~
(congresswoman) born
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7/29/2007,
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On this date:
Shirley Verrett ~
(world renowed opera singer) makes her debut in New York City
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2831 times
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7/29/2007,
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On this date:
Sidney Bechet ~
(jazz clarinetist) born
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2433 times
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Posted by:
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2/20/2012,
in category "People"
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Sidney Poitier ~
(actor) born
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3610 times
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Posted by:
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4/13/2011,
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On this date:
Sidney Poitier ~
becomes the first African American to win an Oscar (for Lillies of the Field)
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2648 times
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Posted by:
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2/1/2008,
in category "People"
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Simon Estes ~
(classical concert vocalist) is born in Centerville, Iowa
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3299 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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On this date:
Sojourner Truth ~
(abolitionist and orator) dies
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2627 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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On this date:
Sojourner Truth ~
begins travel as an abolitionist speaker
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3435 times
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7/29/2007,
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Sojourner Truth ~
(abolitionist and orator) born
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3604 times
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7/29/2007,
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On this date:
Sojourner Truth ~
addresses the first Black Women's Rights Convention
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2988 times
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Posted by:
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1/4/2011,
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On this date:
Solomon Northup ~
freed after 12 years of servitude as a slave
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4236 times
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Posted by:
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12/30/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Stanley "Tookie" Williams ~
(Crips gang leader, author) is born in New Orleans, Louisiana
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2895 times
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Posted by:
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12/16/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Stephen Bantu Biko ~
(nonviolent anti-apartheid activist) is born in King William's Town, South Africa
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2531 times
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