This Week in Black History

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September 20, 1987 Actress Alfre Woodard wins the Emmy Award for outstanding guest performance in a dramatic series for NBC’s…

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September 12, 1992 Chicago physician Dr. Mae Jemison becomes the first African-American woman in space when the space shuttle Endeavour…

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Sept. 5, 1960 A young boxer named Cassius Clay won the gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the…

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Aug. 30, 1967 The U.S. Senate confirms the appointment by President Lyndon Johnson of Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Supreme…

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August 24, 1950 Chicago attorney and social worker Edith Sampson is named the first Black person to be appointed a…

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August 19, 1958 Clara Luper, an Oklahoma City school teacher and director of the local NAACP Youth Council, organized a…

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Alabama native James Cleveland Owens, later nicknamed “Jesse,” won his fourth gold medals in track and field at the Olympic…

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August 5, 1892 Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman gets a pension from Congress for her work as a nurse, scout…

This Week In Black History

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July 31, 1981 Chicago-based attorney Arnette Rhinehart Hubbard is installed as the first female president of the National Bar Association….

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July 21, 1959 Elijah Jerry “Pumpsie” Green becomes the first African American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last…