Black Facts for February 17th

Michael Jordan
Michael Jeffery Jordan is an American basketball legend who played for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards for 15 seasons. Jordan was born on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina. In high school he played baseball, football, and basketball. When he
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Sponsored by Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts
Feb
17
1963
Black market
Black Market and Black money redirect here. Market socialist
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Feb
17
1945
Rep. Charles A. Hayes born
Birthday of Rep. Charles A. Hayes, D-Illinois, who was born in Cairo, Illinois. In 1989, Hayes was re-elected to a fourth term in the House of Representatives. He was first elected Sept. 12, 1983.
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Feb
17
1918
Virginia retires state song
Virginia House of Delegates votes unanimously to retire the state song, Carry me back to old virginia , a tune which glorifies slavery.
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Feb
17
1997
Churn Invented
A. C. Richardson, a black inventor, invented the churn, patent #466,470
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Feb
17
1891
Muhammad, Khalid Abdul (1948-2001) - Death
Muhammad remained national chairman of the New Black Panther Party until his death from a brain aneurysm on February 17, 2001.
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Feb
17
2001
James Nathaniel Brown's Birthday
James Nathaniel Brown, 63, Pro Football Hall of Fame Fullback, Born February 17, 1936 in St. Simons Island, GA
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Feb
17
1936
Black Panther Party Founder Born
Black Panther Party Founder Huey P. Newton born. An illiterate high-school graduate, Newton taught himself how to read before attending Merritt College in Oakland and the San Francisco School of Law, where he met Seale. In Oakland in 1966 they formed the Black Panther group in response to
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Feb
17
1942
Mary Frances Berry born
On this day Mary Frances Berry, who will become the first woman to serve as a chancellor of a major research university, is born in Nashville, Tenn.
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Feb
17
1938
Michael Jeffrey Jordan's Birthday
Michael Jeffrey Jordan, 36, Basketball player, former minor league baseball player, Born New York, New York, February 17, 1963
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Feb
17
1963
Congress readmits Mississippi
Congress passed resolution readmitting Mississippi on condition that it would never change its constitution to disenfranchise Blacks.
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Feb
17
1870
Thelonious Monk dies
Jazz Pianist Thelonious Monk dies.
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Feb
17
1982
Huey P. Newton - Birthday
He was the youngest of seven children born to Armelia Johnson and Walter Newton on February 17, 1942 in Monroe, Louisiana and named after the former Governor of Louisiana, Huey Long.
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Feb
17
1942
Jim Brown
Born on February 17, 1936, James Nathaniel Brown grew up off the southern coast of Georgia without a father who left the family when Brown was only two weeks old. After his mother left to take up a job in New York, the young child was brought up by his great-grandmother. At eight years of age, Jim
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Sponsored by National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) Boston Metropolitan Chapter
Feb
17
1936
Naval Frigate named after African American
The Navy frigate USS Jesse L. Brown was commissioned. The ship was named for Ensign Jesse L. Brown, the first African American naval aviator killed in combat over Korea.
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Feb
17
1973
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