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Former First Lady Michelle Obama opened the Democratic National Convention with a keynote address for the ages.

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Parker, Maurice S. (1949- )

Ambassador Maurice S. Parker is a career Senior Foreign Service Officer with the rank of Minister-Counselor at the U.S. Department of State. On April 30, 2007 Parker was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Swaziland. After U.S. Senate confirmation, Parker

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Ella Fitzgerald, First Lady of Song, born. In 1934, an awkward sixteen-year-old girl made her singing debut at the Harlem Apollo Theatre amateur night in New York City. She intended to dance, but she lost her nerve when she got on stage. The man said, do something while youre out there, the singer

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1918

Ulysses S. Grant crossed the Rapidan and began his duel with Robert E. Lee. At the same time Ben Butlers Army of the James moved on Lees forces. Black division in Grants army did not play a prominent role in Wilderness Campaign, but Ben Butler gave his Black infantrymen and his eighteen hundred

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(1957) Dwight Eisenhower, “Address on Little Rock"

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Dominique Dawes

One of the most renowned names in the history of American gymnastics, Dominique Dawes was born in November 20, 1976 in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dawes recognized her passion for gymnastics at an early age of 6 years and attended lessons with Kelli Hill who remained her coach for the rest of

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20

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Schmoke, Kurt L. (1949- )

Kurt L. Schmoke, born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1949, came from a middle class background. His father, Murray, a civilian chemist for the U.S. Army, was a graduate of Morehouse College, and his mother, Irene was a social worker. Schmoke attended the citys prestigious public high school, Baltimore

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Sullivan, Louis Wade (1933- )

After witnessing poverty and discrimination in Depression-era Georgia, Louis Wade Sullivan committed his career to education and public service, rising to become Secretary of Health and Human Services under President George H.W. Bush. He also was the founder and long-time president of Morehouse

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Williams, Camilla (1919-2012)

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(1995) Louis Farrakhan, “A Million Men Marching On"

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(2013) Ben Carson's Speech at the National Prayer Breakfast

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1974

Nebraska Civil Rights Initiative 424 (2008)

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1940

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(1898) Rev. Charles S. Morris Describes The Wilmington Massacre of 1898

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1898

Sims, Ronald Cordell (1948- )

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Irving, Kyrie Andrew (1992- )

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Anderson, Marian (1897-1993)

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Jarrett, Valerie (1956- )

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Annan, Kofi Atta

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National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (The Kerner Report), 1967

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1967

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1944

Coachman, Alice Marie (1923-2014)

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(1963) George Wallace, “Segregation Now, Segregation Forever”

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