Covid-19 pushes saleslady into cereals business

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Covid-19 pushes saleslady into cereals business

Doris Makena has been a saleslady since she completed her degree in education.

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Carter G. Woodson was on this day in New Canton, Virginia. He became known as the Father of Black History. In 1926 Woodson created the first oh what is an annual celebration of African-American achievement. It was once called Negro History Week but is now called Black History Month.

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Dec

9

1875

Crispus Attucks

On this day, Crispus Attucks, an escaped slave became the first man killed in the cause of Americas freedom. This event is better known as the Boston Massacre.

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Mar

5

1770

Glenn Harrington, Carmel, California

Glenn Harrington, is a native of Massachusetts, who has lived in the Seattle area since 1968. He was educated at Gordon College and Suffolk University Law School, both in Massachusetts. His business career was primarily as an Insurance Executive, serving as Vice President of Marketing and

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Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was born on this day.

Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was born on this day.

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May

19

1930

Ghana breaks colonialistic mold.

On this day, Ghana becomes a free self-governing nation. This country will be the first of the British Commonwealth of Nations to be self-governing.

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Sep

7

1957

Octavia R. Albert

Born on this day in Oglethorpe, GA, Octavia R. Alberts, The House of Bondage is published; the book consists of seven slave narratives collected by Albert, a former slave.

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Dec

24

1853

The Society of Colored People in Baltimore

The Society of Colored People in Baltimore is the first Black Catholic association whose documentation has been preserved. This notebook began on this day and continued until Septemeber 7, 1845.

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Dec

3

1843

Million Man March

Nation of Islams Minister Louis Farrakhan called over one million black men together in Washington DC for A Day of Atonement and Reconciliation. The day called for black men to take charge of their lives and communities by showing respect for themselves and devotion to their families.

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Oct

16

1995

On this day, while competing for Ohio State University (Columbus) in a Western Conference (Big Ten) track-and-field meet at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), JAMES CLEVELAND OWENS equaled the world record for the 100-yard dash (9.4 s) and broke the world records for the 220-yard dash

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May

25

1935

Richard ("Dick") Gregory was born on this day.

Richard (Dick) Gregory was born on this day.

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Oct

12

1932

Laurence Fishburne, Jr. Born

Actor Laurence Fishburne, Jr. was born on this day in Augusta, GA. Fishburne , nicknamed Fish will start his theatrical career at the young age of 10. He will become the son of the first African American family featured on a daytime drama at the age of 11. He will continue his rise to fame starring

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Jul

31

1961

Father of Black Nationalism Born

Marcus Garvey, the father of the black nationalist and pan african movements was born on this day in St. Anns Bay, Jamiaca.

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Aug

17

1887

Benjamin Hooks was born on this day.

Benjamin Hooks was born on this day.

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Jan

13

1925

Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. was born on this day.

Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. was born on this day.

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Mar

3

1932

Roberta Martin, gospel great born

Born this day in Helena, AR --- died Jan. 18, 1969 Worked with gospel greats like Thomas Dorsey and Theodore Frye. Sis. Martin became owner of one of the largest gospel publishing houses in Chicago.

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Feb

12

1907

The first public service programming aired on this day when Jack L. Cooper launched the Search for Missing Persons show.

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Dec

9

1938

Augustus Nathaniel Lushington

Augustus Nathaniel Lushington became the first African American to earn a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.), earning the doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in 1897; died on this day.

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Feb

12

1939

Dorothy Height - Visionary

Dorothy Height was born on this

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Mar

12

1912

Janet Jackson Born

Janet Jackson, of the famous Jackson family was born on this day in Gary, Indiana. Ms. Jackson will star in television shows such as Good Times, Different Strokes, and Fame. She will also become a celebrated songstress recording such albums as Rhythm Nation:1814, Janet, and the widely criticized

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May

16

1966

Claude McKay was born on this day.

Claude McKay was born on this day.

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Sep

15

1889

Edward Franklin Frazier was born on this day.

Edward Franklin Frazier was born on this day.

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Sep

24

1894

Louis Latimer dies

Louis Latimer died on this day in Flushing, NY. Latimer began his career as one of Alexander Graham Bells draftsmen ... but he quickly developed into a widely respected scientist and inventor. After leaving Bells company, Latimer joined a little business called General Electric which was begun by

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Dec

11

1928

Charles Caldwell

Charles Caldwell was the first Black in the state of Mississippi to be accused of the murder of a white man and found not guilty by an all-white jury. He was later elected to the state senate and on this day was assassinated in Clinton, Mississippi.

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Dec

25

1875

Edwin C. Berry was born on this day in Oberlin, Ohio. He errected a 22-room hotel, Hotel Berry, in Athens, Ohio; at the time of his retirement in 1921, he had a reputation as the most successful black small-city hotel operator in the U.S.(1892).

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Dec

10

1854

Harlem, Mecca of the New Negro

On this day, Survey Graphic published a special issue titled Harlem, Mecca of the New Negro. By the end of the year, editor Alain Locke had reprinted and expanded upon the writings from this issue, producing a full-length anthology of African-American writing called The New Negro. This

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Mar

1

1925

Bill Pickett, cowboy born

Born this day in Travis County, TX., only 57 and 145 pounds, Pickett was one of the toughest cowboys. Invented unique form of steer wrestling called bulldogging. Died Apr. 2, 1932.

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Dec

5

1870

Mary McLeod Bethune (born Mary Jane McLeod) was born on this day.

Mary McLeod Bethune (born Mary Jane McLeod) was born on this day.

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Jul

10

1875

Fannie Lou Hamer was born on this day.

Fannie Lou Hamer was born on this day.

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Oct

16

1917

Smith, E. Russell "Noodles" (? - 1952)

E. Russell Noodles Smith, so named because he always kept enough money for a bowl of noodles after a night of gambling, is considered to be the father – or perhaps the midwife - of Seattle jazz. He arrived in Seattle during the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exhibition in 1909 with $17,000 that he claimed

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Carl Thomas Rowan was born on this day.

Carl Thomas Rowan was born on this day.

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Aug

11

1925

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