This Week in Black History
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This Week in Black History, April 4, 1968
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., a leader of the American civil rights movement, is assassinated by James Earl Ray…
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This Week in Black History, March 28, 1990
President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Olympic track and field athlete Jesse Owens with the Congressional Gold Medal. Owens…
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This Week in Black History, March 20, 1948
Los Angeles actor James Baskett becomes the first Black man to receive an Academy Award when he wins an honorary…
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This Week in Black History, March 17, 1999
Post to This Week in Black History with photo BLACK 031226 Maurice Ashley becomes the first Black person to become…
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This Week in Black History, March 6, 1964
Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad officially gives heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali. Ali later disavowed…
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This Week in Black History, Feb. 29, 1940
Los Angeles actress-activist Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award when she captures Best Supporting…
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This Week in Black History, Feb. 21, 1965
Malcolm X, an African-American Muslin minister and human rights activist who led the Nation of Islam, was shot to death…
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This Week in Black History, Feb. 13, 1920
Led by Rube Foster, owner and manager of the Chicago American Giants, the Negro National League was established by a…
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This Week in Black History, Feb. 8, 1986
Stanford student Debi Thomas becomes the first Black skater to win the women’s singles of the U.S. National Figure Skating…
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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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