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The first NBA Black Assistant Coach and first Black chief scout, Earl Lloyd, bec
The first NBA Black Assistant Coach and first Black chief scout, Earl Lloyd, becomes the first Black person to play in an NBA game (beating out Charles Cooper and Nat Clifton by a day), 1950
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Oprah Winfrey
Born: 1/29/1954 Kosciusko, MississippiOprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986
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PHOTO: Happy landowners
James Sterling kisses his wife Lorna after they received documents from Prime Minister Andrew Holness for a service lot developed by the National Housing Trust at Windcrest Hills in Hellshire, St Catherine, yesterday. Seventy serviced lots were handed over to beneficiaries.(Photo: Garfield
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Anderson, Lucy Hicks [Tobias Lawson] (1886-1954)
Lucy Hicks Anderson lived as a woman in Oxnard, California, from 1920 until 1945, when it was discovered that she was biologically male. Today she might be described as a transgender person, but that term did not exist during her lifetime. Although she did not refer to herself as a transgendered
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Long, Nate (1930-2002)
Nate Long was a filmmaker, television producer, director, stuntman, actor and teacher who worked both in Hollywood and the Pacific Northwest. Long was born in Philadelphia in 1930.  He joined the Air Force, became a military policeman and completed his service at Paine Field near
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(1865) James Lynch, “Colored Men Standing in the Way of their Own Race”
When James Lynch gave the speech that appears below, his great achievements lay in the future. Born in Baltimore in 1839, Lynch at the age of 24 went to South Carolina as one of the first A.M.E. missionaries to the freedmen and women. From 1866 to 1867, Lynch was editor of the Christian Recorder in
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COVID death toll climbs to 170 - Stabroek News
The Ministry of Health today said that one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died. The article COVID death toll climbs to 170 appeared first on Stabroek News.
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David Fisher
David Fisher responded to the needs of furniture workers by trying to make their work easier, safer and more productive. He created and patented two devices which eased the burden of these workers and improved their
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Region Four woman, 69, dies of COVID - Stabroek News
Guyana yesterday recorded another COVID-19 fatality even as 51 new cases of the virus were reported. The article Region Four woman, 69, dies of COVID appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Ann M. Fudge
Ann M. Fudge was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Young & Rubicam Brands. Fudge has held a number of leadership positions during her corporate career. Previously, Fudge served in various leadership positions at Kraft Foods from 1986 to 2001, including President of Beverages, Desserts and
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Jagdeo files application to set aside $20m judgment to Ferguson - Stabroek News
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Julia L. Johnson
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Comcast RISE Program opens to minority-owned small businesses  – Florida Courier
SPECIAL TO THE FLORIDA COURIER Comcastis now accepting applications for the next phase ofComcastRISEwith expanded eligibility to include Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and Hispanic-owned small businesses. The program will help thousands of small businesses impacted by the COVID-19
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An Act to protect all Persons in the United States in their Civil Rights, and furnish the Means of their
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Guyana records 180th COVID death, 107 new infections - Stabroek News
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Swaziland
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Region Four man,57, dies of COVID - Stabroek News
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(1963) Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, "Religion and Race"
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Jan
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1963
Guyana records 200th COVID death - Stabroek News
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Harry Belafonte
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1953
Simpson, O. J.
Simpson, O. J. (Orenthal James Simpson), 1947–, American football player, b. San Francisco. As a running back for the Univ. of Southern California, he won the Heisman Trophy as the best college player of 1968. The Juice played with the Buffalo Bills (1969–77) and San Francisco 49ers (1978–79) and
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1961
In 14th year, Allstate Tom Joyner Family Reunion has only gotten bigger
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(1804) Ohio Black Codes
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio , That from and after the first day of June next. no black or mulatto person shall be permitted to settle or reside in this state, unless he or she shall first produce a fair certificate from some court within the United
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