Baseball great Satchel Paige born

Andrew Young

Andrew Jackson Young Jr. (born March 12, 1932) is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and a close confidant to

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.), commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was a self-proclaimed nation of 11 secessionist slave-holding states of the United States, existing from 1861 to 1865. The Confederacy was originally formed by seven states – South

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Scott M. Mills

Scott M. Mills is Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Administration for Viacom Inc. In this role, Mills is responsible for setting the company’s worldwide human resources strategies and practices and for leading Viacom’s administrative functions, including real estate and

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Scott, Dred (1795-1858)

Dred Scott, was an enslaved person noted mainly for the unsuccessful lawsuit brought to free him from bondage. The decision rendered by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1857 in the Dred Scott case, said that no blacks slave or free were U.S. citizens and allowed slavery in all U.S. territories. The

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Mar

6

1857

Joe Louis - Birthday

Joe Louis , byname of Joseph Louis Barrow, also called the Brown Bomber (born May 13, 1914, Lafayette, Alabama, U.

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May

13

1914

City of Dallas expands mobile COVID-19 testing | Dallas Weekly

City of Dallas expands mobile COVID-19 testing

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Ozzie Smith

Osborne Earl Smith, better known as Ozzie Smith, is a retired professional baseball player who played for the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals. He was born on December 26, 1954 in Mobile, Alabama and was one of six children born to Clovi and Marvella Smith. Smith quotes his mother as being

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Dec

26

1954

Angela Davis: Philosopher, Radical Activist, Teacher - Birthday

Angela Yvonne Davis was born on January 26, 1944, in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Jan

26

1944

Scotiabank offers zero-rated data access for its mobile banking app

“Additionally,” Henry said, “for those customers who have Internet access, we are strongly encouraging them to sign up for online banking which is also convenient, low-cost and, most important, keep persons physically distant to minimise any potential exposure to the

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Satchel Paige - Birthday

He was born on July 7, 1906 in Alabama, the 7th of 12 children in his family.

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Jul

7

1906

Flo Rida Teams With His Medical Doctor To Set Up COVID-19 Mobile Testing Site

The latest rapper to take it upon himself to do what our government should be doing is Miami’s own Flo Rida as TMZ is reporting that the “My House” rapper teamed up with his personal doctor to open up a mobile coronavirus testing center to help people take tests to learn if they have the deadly

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Durkan Announces Free Citywide COVID-19 Testing

Following King County’s application to advance to a modified phase one in Governor Inslee’s updated “Safe Start Washington” plan, Seattle Mayor Jenny A. Durkan announced today, the launch of free Citywide testing at two locations in north and south

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Barry Venter to take reins at Nashua from Mark Taylor

Barry Venter

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Detroit race riot of 1943

The Detroit race riot of 1943 took place in Detroit, Michigan, of the United States, from the evening of June 20 through the early morning of June 22. The race riot was ultimately suppressed by the use of 6,000 federal troops. It occurred in a period of dramatic population increase and social

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Jun

20

1943

Georgia's 5th District U.S. Congress Representative John Lewis Will Deliver The 33rd Morehouse School of Medicine Commencement Address

Civil rights icon and Georgia’s 5th district U.S. Congressman John Lewis will deliver the 33rd commencement address for Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) at 9:00 a.m. on May 20, 2017, at the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel on the campus of Morehouse College. Lewis will receive an

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The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed | An Online Reference Guide to African American History by Professor Quintard Taylor, University of Washington

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Feb

14

1936

Aaron, Henry Louis “Hank” (1934- ) - Birthday

Henry Louis Aaron was born February 5, 1934, in Mobile, Alabama, the third of eight children to Herbert Aaron, a shipyard worker at Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company, and his wife, Estella.

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Feb

5

1934

Coretta Scott King

Coretta Scott King was the wife of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.. The couple met in Boston, where Coretta Scott was studying voice at the New England Conservatory of Music; they were married on 18 June 1953. The family moved to Montgomery, Alabama and then to Atlanta as Dr. King

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Benjamin, Regina Marcia (1956– )

Dr. Regina Marcia Benjamin, President Barack Obama’s nominee for Surgeon General of the United States, is an accomplished physician whose professional and personal roots are planted deeply in rural America. Dr. Benjamin was nominated for the post by the President on July 13, 2009 and unanimously

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Nina Simone

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Creoles of color

The Creoles of color are a historic ethnic group of Creole people in Louisiana (especially in the city of New Orleans), Southern Mississippi, Alabama, and Northwestern

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Roger Brown

Roger Brown , in full James Roger Brown (born December 10, 1941, Hamilton, Alabama, U.S.—died November 22, 1997, Atlanta, Georgia), American artist and collector who was associated with the Chicago Imagists and was known for his bright, flat, and seemingly simple compositions that show an

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Nov

22

1997

Congress of Racial Equality

The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States that played a pivotal role for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement. Founded in 1942, its stated mission is to bring about equality for all people regardless of

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Hugo Black - Birthday

Hugo Black , in full Hugo La Fayette Black (born February 27, 1886, Harlan, Clay county, Alabama, U.

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Feb

27

1886

Equal Protection Clause

The Equal Protection Clause is part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The clause, which took effect in 1868, provides that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the

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Africa: Polio Eradication Expertise Backs Africa's COVID-19 Response

So with COVID-19 threatening to overwhelm health systems, the extensive polio response network is once again lending crucial support as countries build up systems to contain COVID-19," said Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO Regional Director for

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Cole, Nat “King” (1919–1965) - Birthday

Jazz pianist and popular singer Nathaniel Adams Coles was born into a musical family in Montgomery, Alabama on March 17, 1919.

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Mar

17

1919

Hank Aaron - Birthday

Hank Aaron , byname of Henry Louis Aaron (born February 5, 1934, Mobile, Alabama, U.

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Feb

5

1934

Frederick Douglass Patterson

Frederick Douglass Patterson , (born October 10, 1901, Washington, D.C., U.S.—died April 26, 1988, New Rochelle, New York), American educator and prominent black leader, president of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (later Tuskegee Institute; now Tuskegee University) in 1935–53, and

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1988

Jim Crow laws

Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. Enacted by white Democratic-dominated state legislatures in the late 19th century after the Reconstruction period, these laws continued to be enforced until 1965. They mandated de jure racial

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