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Civil Rights

Percy Ellis Sutton

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Percy Ellis Sutton was born the last child of 15 children to Samuel J. and Lillian V. Smith-Sutton. While supporting himself, he attended Prairie View...
Inventors

Willie Morrow

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Willie Morrow was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on October 9, 1939. Once of age, Morrow trekked to San Diego (then referred to as the “Harlem...
Education

Claflin University

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Claflin University, founded in 1869, is a progressive, independent, liberal arts, co-educational, historically Black institution that is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The university...
Performance

Fontella Bass

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Fontella Bass was born on this date in 1940. She was a Black singer and entertainer. Fontella Bass was born in St. Louise, MO, as...
Sports

Harry Wills

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In the annals of boxing history, there are countless tales of triumph and tragedy, of fighters who rose to the pinnacle of the sport and...
EducationHistory

Clinton Fisk

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Clinton Bowen Fisk entered the world on September 30, 1828, near the Erie Canal in Western New York, born to Benjamin Bigford Fisk and Lydia...