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Tuesday, February 9

1944

Alice Walker ~ (author of The Color Purple) born

1943

Barbara Lewis ~ (singer and songwriter) is born in South Lyon, Michigan

1995

Bernard Harris ~ becomes the first Black astronaut to take a spacewalk, dedicating it to the achievements of all African Americans

1971

Leroy "Satchel" Paige ~ elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame

1965

Martin Luther King ~ (civil rights activist) meets with President Lyndon Johnson to discuss Black voting rights

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