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Today in Black History
Friday, May 16

1979
A Philip Randolph ~ (activist and labor leader) dies

1840
James Milton Turner ~ (educator) born

1990
Sammy Davis Jr ~ (entertainer) dies

1792
Slavery ~ abolished in Denmark

1956
Sugar Ray Leonard ~ (boxer) born


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