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Community Spotlight… The Muslim Journal Newswire Muslim Journal Issue Vol 46, No 5, October 16, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hamid Saahir is a 2020 graduate of the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, where he was the 2019-20 President of the Student Bar Association. He also serves He also […]

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1958

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31

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3

1843

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10

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11

1979

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2

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9

1981

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17

2001

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21

1970

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1960

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24

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1951

Evelyn Boyd Granville is born

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1965

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Thomas W. Turner

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1916

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