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This Week in Black History, Jan. 31, 1988
Doug Williams, the first Black quarterback to start in an NFL championship game, is named MVP of Super Bowl XXII…
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This Week in Black History, January 23, 1977
Alex Haley’s award-winning narrative “Roots” is adapted for television in a landmark mini-series that would explore Black people’s forced journey…
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This Week in Black History, Jan. 19, 1969
Nobel Peace Prize winner Ralph M. Bunche is honored by UCLA, which places his name on the Social Science Building,…
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This Week in Black History, January 10, 1957
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and 60 other Black activists — including Ralph Abernathy, Joseph Lowery, Fred Shuttlesworth and C.K.…
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This Week in Black History, Jan. 3, 1973
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke is sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming California’s first African-American congresswoman. She later…
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This Week in Black History, December 26, 1966
Maulana Ron Karenga Black historian Maulana Ron Karenga introduces Kwanzaa, a non-religious holiday designed to celebrate African and African-American…
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This Week in Black History, December 20, 1956
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. announces the end of a 381-day bus boycott against the city of Montgomery, Alabama,…
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This Week in Black History, December 12, 1870
Five years after slavery is abolished, South Carolina laborer Joseph Rainey became the first Black person to serve in the…
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This Week in Black History, December 4, 1906
Alpha Phi Alpha, the first Black intercollegiate Greek-lettered fraternity, was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Originally a…
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This Week in Black History, November 27, 1956
Don Newcombe Brooklyn Dodgers hurler Don Newcombe becomes the first player to win baseball’s Cy Young Award, signifying him as…
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