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Congo, Republic of

The Congo is situated in west-central Africa astride the equator. It borders Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Angola exclave of Cabinda, with a short stretch of coast on the South Atlantic. Its area is nearly three times that of

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Mar

18

1977

Journalist Ralph Waldo Tyler born

Birthday of Ralph Waldo Tyler, journalist, Auditor-General of the Navy and World War I foreign correspondent. Te oldest of 12 children, Tyler is believed to have been born in Ohio. He attended elementary and high schools in Columbus, Ohio, studied a year in Baldwin,Missouri, and began teaching

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Mar

18

1860

(2008) Senator Barack Obama, "A More Perfect Union"

Controversial remarks drawn from the sermons of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, an unpaid campaign advisor to Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama, and his pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, emerged as a lingering issue in the 2008 presidential campaign. On March

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Mar

18

2008

Williams, Vanessa (1963- ) - Birthday

Vanessa Lynn Williams was born in Tarrytown, New York on March 18, 1963.

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Mar

18

1963

Kirk, Ronald (1954-- )

Ronald Ron Kirk is the U.S. Trade Representative for U.S. President Barack Obama. Kirk was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 18, 2009, and officially sworn in two days later. Kirk is the 16th trade representative and the first African American to hold the Cabinet-level post. As trade

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Mar

18

2009

Hopwood v. State of Texas (1996)

March 18, 1996, Decided

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Mar

18

1996

Disturbance Investigation

President Roosevelt appointed a committee, including Emmet J. Scott, to investigate disturbances in Liberia.

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Mar

18

1909

Vanessa L. Williams born

Actress-singer and the first black Miss America Vanessa L. Williams is born in Millwood, New York.

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Mar

18

1963

F.W. de Klerk , in full Frederik Willem de Klerk (born March 18, 1936, Johannesburg, S.Af.), politician who as president of South Africa (1989–94) brought the apartheid system of racial segregation to an end and negotiated a transition to majority rule in his country. He and Nelson Mandela

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Mar

18

1936

Wilson Pickett - Birthday

Wilson Pickett , (born March 18, 1941, Prattville, Alabama, U.

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Mar

18

1941

Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Lynn Williams is a Grammy nominated singer, former beauty queen and television and film actress. She was born on March 18, 1963 in Bronx, New York but soon moved to a more fashionable neighborhood. Her parents, Milton and Helen Williams, both worked as music teachers and so Williams and her

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Mar

18

1963

Unita Blackwell

Unita Blackwell was born this day in Lula, Mississippi. She became the first black woman mayor elected in Mississippi.

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Mar

18

1933

George Monroe 1834-1886, Stagecoach Driver

George Monroe was on of 2 Black men who carried mail on the famous Pony express. Monroe had the honor of driving Presidents Grant and Hayes along the dangerous S-curves of the Wanona trail into Yosemite Valley. Badger Pass in Yosemite National Park was named in his honor.

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Mar

18

2002

President Hayes appointed Frederick Douglass

President Hayes appointed Frederick Douglass marshal of District of Columbia.

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Mar

18

1877

Pickett, Wilson (1941-2006) - Birthday

Soul Singer Wilson Pickett was born on March 18, 1941, in Prattville, Alabama, as the fourth of eleven children.

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Mar

18

1941

Wilson Pickett born

R&B singer Wilson Pickett is born in Prattville, Alabama.

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Mar

18

1947

Country singer Charlie Pride born

Country and western singer Charlie Pride was born in Sledge, Mississippi.

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Mar

18

1938

Curry, Stephen (1988- )

Wardell Stephen Curry II, also known as Stephen Curry, is a professional basketball player with the Golden State (California) Warriors. Curry is considered one of the greatest shooters in NBA history and an “elite” all-time scorer. As the 7th overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft, Curry

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Mar

18

1988

Charley Pride , in full Charley Frank Pride (born March 18, 1938, Sledge, Mississippi, U.S.), American country music singer who broke new ground in the 1960s by becoming the most successful African American star that the field had known to date and a significant next-generation standard bearer for

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Mar

18

1938

Forty-sixth Congress Convened

Forty-sixth Congress (1879-1881) convened. One U.S. Senator: Blanche K. Bruce, Mississippi.

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Mar

18

1879

Irene Cara born

Actress-singer-songwriter Irene Cara is born in New York City

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Mar

18

1959

Grace Ogot , née Grace Emily Akinyi (born May 15, 1930, Butere, near Kisumu, central Nyanza Region, Kenya—died March 18, 2015, Nairobi), Kenyan author of widely anthologized short stories and novels who also held a ministerial position in

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Mar

18

2015

The word Latifah means “very kind” or “delicate” in Arabic. Queen Latifah is a New-Jersey born African-American whose real name is Dana Elaine Owens. Born on March 18, 1970, she witnessed her parents’ divorce at the tender age of ten and when she was twenty-two her elder

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Mar

18

1970

Charley Pride born

Country singer Charley Pride is born in Sledge, Mississippi.

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Mar

18

1939

Blacks left Savannah, Ga

Two hundred Blacks left Savannah, Ga., for Liberia.

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Mar

18

1895

The USS Jesse L. Brown, the first U.S. naval ship

The USS Jesse L. Brown, the first U.S. naval ship to be named after an African American naval officer is launched.

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Mar

18

1972

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