This Week in Black History
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This Week in Black History, November 7, 1967
Carl Stokes, a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, was elected mayor of the city of Cleveland, becoming the…
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November 5, 1918 Frederick Madison Roberts, the great grandson of Sally Hemings (the Thomas Jefferson slave who bore six of…
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October 24, 1935 Langston Hughes’ play “Mulatto” opened in New York, becoming the first Black-authored play to become a long-running…
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October 21, 1968 Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, is named…
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October 11, 1991 Law professor Anita Hill delivers her televised testimony concerning sexual harassment during the confirmation hearing for Clarence…
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October 5, 1985 Grambling State defeats Prairie View A&M 27-7, giving Grambling coach Eddie Robinson 324 career victories in college…
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September 27, 1950 Gwendolyn Brooks becomes the first African-American writer to win a Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry,…
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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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