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Carl Stokes, a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, was elected mayor of the city of Cleveland, becoming the first Black elected mayor of a major U.S. city. He served as mayor for four years.
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Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits the 715th home run of his career off Al Downing of the Los Angeles Dodgers, breaking Babe Ruth’s […]
Post to Features and This Week in Black History with photo BLACK 092823 U.S. Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall — whose legal work led to the […]
December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to move to the back of a bus and give her seat to a white passenger […]