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7/29/2007,
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Arthur Ashe ~
(tennis champion) leads UCLA to NCAA tennis championship
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7/29/2007,
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Arthur Ashe ~
wins the National Men's Singles in the US Lawn Tennis Association Open Tournament, becoming the first Black man to win a ...
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7/29/2007,
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Arthur Ashe ~
becomes first Black US men's Singles Tennis Champion
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8/19/2007,
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Arthur Ashe ~
won the U.S. Amateur Men's Singles Championship
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7/29/2007,
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Arthur Ashe ~
(first Black male to win Wimbledon) dies
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11/13/2007,
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Arthur Dorrington ~
becomes the first black American to join a professional hockey league
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7/29/2007,
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Arthur Mitchell ~
(dancer and choreographer) born
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7/29/2007,
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Arthur Spingarn ~
(founder of the NAACP) born
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7/29/2007,
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Arthur Wergs Mitchell ~
(politician) born
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Posted by:
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10/21/2007,
in category "People"
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Arturo O'Farrill ~
(Afro-Cuban music legend) is born Havana, Cuba
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7/29/2007,
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August Wilson ~
(aclaimed playwright) dies
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7/29/2007,
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August Wilson ~
(aclaimed playwright) born
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7/29/2007,
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Augusta Savage ~
(sculptor) dies
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7/29/2007,
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Autherine Lucy ~
becomes the first Black student at University of Alabama
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9/15/2007,
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B.B. King ~
(blues musician) born in Itta Bena, Mississippi
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Posted by:
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6/7/2008,
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Barack Obama ~
becomes the first black candidate to win a major U.S. party nomination (The Democratic Party). He defeats rival Hillary ...
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Posted by:
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1/2/2009,
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Barack Obama ~
becomes the first black person to win a U.S. presidential election. He is also the first black candidate to win a major ...
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1/19/2009,
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Barack Obama ~
is inaugurated as the first black president
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7/29/2007,
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Barbara Jordan ~
(congresswoman) born
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2/1/2008,
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Barbara Lewis ~
(singer and songwriter) is born in South Lyon, Michigan
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7/29/2007,
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Barbara W Hancock ~
becomes first Black woman named a White House fellow
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Posted by:
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8/9/2007,
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Barry Bonds ~
At the age of 43, he hits his 756th home run and surpasses Hank Aaron to become the owner of the all time home run recor ...
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Bass Reeves ~
(US Marshall and first Black Deputy Marshall commissioned west of the Mississippi) dies
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Posted by:
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8/19/2007,
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Bayard Rustin ~
(director of 1963 Washington March) died
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2592 times
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Posted by:
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8/26/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Beah Richards ~
(actress) won an Emmy for outstanding guest performance in the comedy Frank's Place.
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