Alan Lee Keyes (born August 7, 1950) is an American politician who served as the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from 1985 to 1987. A member of the Republican Party, Keyes sought the nomination for President of the ...
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Ralph Johnson Bunche (August 7, 1904 – December 9, 1971) was an American political scientist, diplomat, and leading actor in the mid-20th-century decolonization process and US civil rights movement, who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his ...
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Bill Richmond (5 August 1763 – 28 December 1829) was a British boxer, born into slavery in Richmond town, New York. Although born in Colonial America, he lived for the majority of his life in England, where all his boxing contests took place. Ric ...
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Patrick Aloysius Ewing Sr. (born August 5, 1962) is a Jamaican-American basketball coach and former professional player who last coached for the Georgetown University men's team. He played most of his career as the starting center for the New York ...
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On This Day, Aug. 5: 6 killed in shooting at Wisconsin Sikh temple
The 11-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter of shooting victim Prakash Singh are are comforted by mourners at a memorial service and visitation August 10, 2012, for six members of ...
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On August 5, 1962, Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid activist, leader, lawyer and future president of South Africa was arrested while riding in a car to Johannesburg with Cecil Williams. His arrest and imprisonment would extend to 27 years and eve ...
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This Day in Black History: Aug. 3, 1971
On Aug. 3, 1971, the Salt-N-Pepa group member DJ Spinderella was born as Deidra Muriel Roper.
Salt-N-Pepa group member DJ Spinderella was born on Aug. 3, 1971, as Deidra Muriel Roper in Brooklyn, New York.
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NASA astronaut and engineer Joan Elizabeth Higginbotham was born August 3, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Illinois University Cabondale in 1987 and she received her Masters of Management Scien ...
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August 3, 1936 — Legendary American athlete Jesse Owens produced in one afternoon what Sports Illustrated described as “the greatest 45 minutes ever in sports history.”
The competition was the Big 10 Conference Championship, which took place ...
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U.S. Commerce Secretary Ronald Harmon BrownOn August 1, 1941 the United States first African American Secretary of Commerce, Ronald Harmon Brown was born in Washington, DC. Brown graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont. He entered the United S ...
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The Harlem Riot of 1943 begins
Simmering racial tensions and economic frustrations boil over in New York City on the night of August 1, 1943, culminating in what is now known as the Harlem Riot of 1943. During an altercation in the lobby of the Br ...
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Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961), usually credited as Larry Fishburne until 1993, is an American actor. He is a three time Emmy Award and Tony Award winning actor known for his roles on stage and screen. He has been hailed for his f ...
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George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues guitarist and singer. He is an exponent of Chicago blues who has influenced generations of guitarists including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, ...
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Haben Girma, both blind and deaf, is a disability rights advocate and attorney who became the first deaf and blind graduate of Harvard Law School in Massachusetts when she graduated with a Juris Doctor degree (JD) in 2013.
Girma was born on Ju ...
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Chester Bomar Himes (July 29, 1909 – November 12, 1984) was an American writer. His works, some of which have been filmed, include If He Hollers Let Him Go, published in 1945, and the Harlem Detective series of novels for which he is best known, ...
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George Dixon (July 29, 1870 – January 6, 1908) was a Canadian professional boxer. After winning the bantamweight title in 1892, he became the first ever black athlete to win a world championship in any sport; he was also the first Canadian-born box ...
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Bernard A. Harris became an astronaut in July of 1991. On June 26, 1956, Dr. Bernard A. Harris, the first African American astronaut to perform a spacewalk was born in Temple, Texas.
During Harris's second space mission February 2, 1995 - Febru ...
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Haters Gon' Hate! Obama's Half-Brother Claims Former President is ‘Gay' in Deleted Tweet
Story by Ny MaGee
*Malik Obama, the estranged half-brother of Barack Obama, took to Twitter to announce in a now-deleted tweet that the former president is ...
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MORGAN FREEMAN QUOTES
"Acting means living, it's all I do and all I'm good at. If I weren't getting paid well, I would still be acting in a small troupe somewhere. "
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"And some places you been before are so great that you don't e ...
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Black Women’s Equal Pay Day: Black Women With Doctorates Lose $2.1 Million In Wages
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Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is on July 27th this year, and ...
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This Day in Black History: July 27, 1984
Purple Rain, starring Prince, made its box-office debut on July 27, 1984.
Prince reached astronomical heights of stardom in his film debut in Purple Rain, a rock musical drama that hit box offices on July ...
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William Jenifer Powell (July 27, 1897 – July 12, 1942) was an American engineer, soldier, civil aviator and writer who is credited with promoting aviation among the African-American community. Along with Bessie Coleman and James Banning, he is re ...
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President Truman Ends Military Segregation On July 26, 1948
President Harry S. Truman issued Executive Order 9981 to end racial discrimination in the United States Armed Forces. The segregation of the military eventually evolved from this order. ...
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Liberian independence proclaimed
The Republic of Liberia, formerly a colony of the American Colonization Society, declares its independence. Under pressure from Britain, the United States hesitantly accepted Liberian sovereignty, making the We ...
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Patrick Francis Healy SJ (February 27, 1834 – January 10, 1910) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who was an influential president of Georgetown University, becoming known as its "second founder". The university's flagship building, Heal ...
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