This Week in Black History
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This Week in Black History
This Week in Black History
Feb. 29, 1940 Los Angeles actress-activist Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win a coveted Academy Award when…
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This Week in Black History
This Week in Black History
Feb. 12, 1909 Educator W.E.B. DuBois is one of 60-plus activists who form the NAACP to fight for racial equality…
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This Week in Black History
December 18, 2002 A group led by Robert L. Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television, was awarded the NBA’s new…
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This Week in Black History
This Week in Black History
December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to move to the back of a bus and give her…
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This Week in Black History
This Week in Black History
November 16, 1901 Black education pioneer Booker T. Washington and his wife are invited to dinner at the White House…
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This Week in Black History
This Week in Black History
November 5, 1918 Frederick Madison Roberts, the great grandson of Sally Hemings (the Thomas Jefferson slave who bore six of…
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This Week in Black History
This Week in Black History
October 31, 1950 Earl Lloyd becomes the first black player in the NBA, taking the court for the Washington Capitals.…
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This Week in Black History
This Week in Black History
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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This Week in Black History
This Week in Black History
October 16, 1968 San Jose State track stars Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised gloved fists during a medal ceremony…
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Sports
This Week in Black History
October 9, 1975 All-star outfielder Frank Robinson – whose later years were spent with the Los Angeles Dodgers and California…
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