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Flo-Jo On September 21, 1998, One Of Track And Field's Most Dynamic Stars, Florence Griffith Joyner, Died From A Seizure While Sleeping In Her Home, In Mission Viejo, California. She Was 38 Years

Booker T. Washington Booker T. Washington Delivered What Some Consider One Of The Most Important Speeches Of The 20th Century, On September 18, 1895. The Atlanta Compromise, As It Is Known, Was Giv

Vanessa Williams Suzette Charles On September 17, 1983, In Atlantic City, New Jersey, 20-Year Old, Vanessa Williams Was Crowned The First African American Miss America. On That Same Night

B.B. King Riley B. King, AKA, "B.B.," Was Born September 16, 1925, In Ita Bena, Mississippi. B.B. King Is A Bona Fide Music Legend. For Decades He Has Carried On The Delta Blues Tradition ---

Four Little Girls Killed In Church Bombing On September 15, 1963, The Ku Klux Klan Bombed The 16th Street Baptist Church In Birmingham, Alabama. Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carol Roberts

Specked Red Rufus "Speckled Red" Perryman Recorded The Song. "The Dirty Dozen," On The Brunswick Label, In Memphis, Tennessee, On September 14, 1929. Perryman Was Born October 23, 1892, In Mon

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Charles Evers On September 11, 1922, Civil Rights Activist, James Charles Evers Was Born In Decatur, Mississippi. The Older Brother Of Medgar Evers Introduced His Younger, Now More Well-Known

James Meredith On September 10, 1962, The U.S. Supreme Court Ordered The University Of Mississippi To Admit James. H. Merideth, A 29 Year-Old, Black, Air Force Veteran. After Graduating High S

Arthur Ashe In 1968, Arthur Ashe Became The First Winner Of The U.S. Open Tennis Championship -- Defeating Tom Okker Of The Netherlands At Forest Hills Stadium, New York. He Ushered In The “Ope

Some of Michael Jackson's Best Solo Work was done at Motown and Never Got Radio Play. This 4-Disc CD Compilation Features Solos from his Albums and those with the Jackson 5. Over 90 Songs & More Than

Dorothy Dandridge On September 8, 1965, Dandridge Was Found Dead In Her Hollywood Home -- An Apparent Suicide Via A Drug Overdose. Born On November 9, 1922, In Cleveland, Ohio, Dandridge Enter

Jackie Wilson On September, 7, 1968, "I Get The Sweetest Feeling," By R&B Legend, Jackie Wilson, Peaked At #34 On The Pop Music Charts. This Would Also Be His Last Top 40 Single, Although He Cont

The Little Rock Nine On September 4, 1957, Nine Black Students Who Would Later Become Known As The Little Rock Nine, Attempted, Unsuccessfully, To Register At The All-White Central High School, I

Bessie Coleman On September 3, 1922, Bessie Coleman Made Her First Flight In An American Airplane, At An Exhibition Honoring The All-Black 15th Infantry Regiment Of The New York National Guard.

Bill Cosby And Robert Kulp The Last Episode Of The Television Drama, I SPY, Aired On September 2, 1968. The Show Followed Two Undercover Agents On Various Adventures Around The World. Bill Cos

Ethel Waters The Woman Many Consider The First Black American Superstar, Singer/Actress, Ethel Waters, Died September 1, 1977. Waters Began Her Career Was A Nightclub Singer, Using The Stage N

Hello, This is ONE of TWO New Websites I've been working on since June. MICHAEL JACKSON - The Soul Of A Legend can be found at http://mj09.weebly.com I wanted to create a site that celebrat

Eldridge Cleaver Eldridge Cleaver Was Born On August 31, 1935, In Wabbaseka, Arkansas. His Family Moved To Phoenix, And Finally To Los Angeles, Where Cleaver, During His Teens, Would Become In

Michael Jackson R&B Legend, Michael Joseph Jackson, Was Born August 28, 1958, In Gary Indiana. Arguably, The Greatest Entertainer Of The 20th Century, Michael Jackson Is A True Musical Genius

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It Was A Warm, Balmy, 84-Degree Day In Washington, DC On Wednesday August 28, 1963. 250,000 People Marched Down Independence And Constitution Avenues, To The Lincoln Mem

Gail Fisher On August 27, 1975, The Last Episode Of The TV Show, Mannix, Aired On CBS. The One-Hour Television Drama Featured The Character, Joe, Mannix, A Los Angeles Detective And His Widowed Gir

Norbert Rillieux Norbert Rillieux Registered Patent No. 3,237 For A Vacuum-Pan Evaporator At The U.S. Patent Office On August 26,1843. The Rillieux Evaporator Revolutionized The Sugar Industry

A. Phillip Randolph Asa Phillip Randolph And Five Other Men Organized The Brotherhood Of Sleeping Car Porters On August 25, 1925. The BSCP Became One Of The Most Powerful Organizations In The His

Bayard Rustin Civil Rights Activist, Bayard Rustin, Died From A Heart Attack, On August 24, 1987. Born March 17, 1912, In West Chester, Pennsylvania, Rustin Was Raised By His Grandparents. His