Alain LeRoy Locke (September 13, 1885 June 9, 1954) was an American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. Distinguished in 1907 as the first African-American Rhodes Scholar, Locke became known as the philosophical architect the ...
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Michael Duane Johnson (born September 13, 1967) is an American retired sprinter who won four Olympic gold medals and eight World Championships gold medals in the span of his career. He held the world and Olympic records in the 200 m and 400 m, as w ...
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James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games.
Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime ...
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Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 January 24, 1993) was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. He was the Supreme Court's first African-American ...
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On September 11, 1999, a young seventeen year old Serena Williams became the second African American woman to win the US Open, following the historic Althea Gibson who won the US Open in 1957 and 1958. Williams has dominated this women's tennis with ...
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Christopher Brian Bridges (born September 11, 1977), known professionally as Ludacris (/ˈluːdəkrɪs/, homophonous with 'ludicrous' in American English), is an American rapper and actor. Born in Champaign, Illinois, Ludacris moved ...
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Taraji Penda Henson (Born September 11, 1970) is an American actress. She studied acting at Howard University and began her Hollywood career in guest roles on several television shows before making her breakthrough in Baby Boy (2001). She played a ...
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For Immediate Release From Senator Ben Cardin!
This year marks the twenty-second anniversary of the September 11, 2001, https://www.911memorial.org/911-faqs#:~:text=Nineteen%20terrorists%20from%20al%2DQaeda,the%20Pentagon%20in%20Arlington%2C%20V ...
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