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Clarence's Hollywood

Katherine Stockett’s excellent novel, The Help, is about the African American maids who worked in white households in Jackson, Mississippi during the 1960s. Stockett reflects the brutal realties of 20th Century slavery being carried out in pretentious southern white households that continued from

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Jan

12

2010

U.S. Supreme Court decision

U.S. Supreme Court decision (Sipuel v. Oklahoma State Board of Regents) said an state must afford Blacks an opportunity to commence the study of law at a state institution at the same time as [other] citizens.

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Jan

12

1948

Two and a half years since the January 12, 2010 earthquake hit Haiti, the nation was still knee-deep in recovery mode. Despite billions of dollars in aid, many people were still without safe, permanent housing in the fall of 2012. In fact, hundreds of thousands were still living in tent camps while

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Jan

12

2010

Educator, Mordecai W Johnson was born, 1890

Educator, Mordecai W Johnson was born, 1890

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Jan

12

1890

Dominique Wilkins

Jacques Dominique Wilkins is a retired professional basketball player who is known as one of the best dunkers in NBA history. He was born on January 12, 1960 in Paris, France as his father was an Air Force Officer who was stationed there at the time of his birth. His family moved back to the United

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Jan

12

1960

Jacques Dominique Wilkins, 39, basketball player, born Paris, France, Jan 12, 1960

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Jan

12

1960

Joe Frazier - Birthday

He was born on January 12, 1944 and was the youngest of several children.

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Jan

12

1944

The Congressional Black Caucus organized

The Congressional Black Caucus organized.

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Jan

12

1971

Sam Langford: History’s Forgotten Boxer

Sports historian Clay Moyle describes Canadian-born Sam Langford as one of the most successful and yet little known boxers of the 20th Century. In the excerpt below, drawn from his recently publisher book titled Sam Langford: Boxing’s Greatest Uncrowned Champion, Moyle makes his case for that

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Jan

12

1956

Cooper, Jack Leroy (1888-1970)

Jack L. Cooper is widelyacknowledged as the first African American radio broadcaster. Cooper, born inMemphis, Tennessee on September 18,1888, was the youngest of 10 children. He was raised in a poor, single-parenthome, and, at the age of 10, quit school and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio to work at

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Jan

12

1970

Brown, Ruth (1928-2006) - Birthday

Brown was born Portsmouth, Virginia, on January 12, 1928.

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Jan

12

1928

Lorraine Hansberry- author and dramatist Dies.

Lorraine Hansberry- author and dramatist Dies.

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Jan

12

1965

University of Tennessee admitted first Black

University of Tennessee admitted first Black student.

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Jan

12

1952

Delany, Martin Robison (1812-1885)

Martin Robison Delany was an African American abolitionist, the first African American Field Officer in the U.S Army, and one of the earliest African Americans to encourage a return to

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Jan

12

1885

Jackson-Lee, Sheila (1950 - )

Sheila Jackson-Lee was born on January 12, 1950 in Queens, New York. She graduated from Jamaica High School in Queens, New York in 1968. She then graduated from Yale University in Connecticut with a B.A. in political science in 1972 followed in 1975 by a J.D. from the University of Virginia Law

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Jan

12

1950

Lorraine Hansberry

Lorraine Hansberry , (born May 19, 1930, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died January 12, 1965, New York, New York), American playwright whose A Raisin in the Sun (1959) was the first drama by an African American woman to be produced on

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Jan

12

1965

"Smoking Joe" Frazier born

Former heavyweight boxing champion Joseph Smoking Joe Frazier was born in Beaufort, South Carolina. Frazier was a 1964 Olympic gold medalist who won the heavyweight championship in 1968.

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Jan

12

1944

James Farmer,79,Civil rights leader,born Marshall, TX Jan 12, 1920

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Jan

12

1920

Lorraine Hansberry - African-American Playwright - Death

Dates: May 19, 1930 - January 12, 1965 Lorraine Hansberry attended the University of Wisconsin for two years, then left to work for Paul Robeson's newspaper, Freedom, first as a writer and then associate editor.

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Jan

12

1965

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