This Week in Black History
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This Week in Black History, May 14, 1991
Winnie Mandela is sentenced to six years in prison in South Africa for her involvement in the kidnapping and beating…
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This Week in Black History, May 10, 1994
After more than 27 years as a political prisoner, Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as the first democratically elected president of…
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This week in Black History
Pioneering journalist Bob Maynard buys the Oakland Tribune, becoming the nation’s first Black owner of a metropolitan newspaper. That accomplishment,…
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This Week in Black History, April 25, 1944
Frederick Douglass Patterson, the president of Tuskegee Institute, with Mary McLeod Bethune and others, incorporates the United Negro College Fund…
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This Week in Black History, April 21, 1974
Former Los Angeles resident Lee Elder birdies three of his last four holes before sinking an 18-foot birdie putt in…
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This Week in Black History, April 9, 1939
African-American singer Marian Anderson performs on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. before an integrated crowd estimated at…
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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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