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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Robert Purvis ~
(abolitionist) born
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
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Robert S Abbott ~
begins publishing
The Chicago Defender , Chicago's first Black newspaper
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11/18/2007,
in category "People"
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Robert Sengstacke Abbott ~
(founder of the Chicago Defender) is born at Frederica, St. Simon's Island, GA. The Defender was Chicago's first Black n ...
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Posted by:
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8/26/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Robert Tanner Freeman ~
becomes the first Black person to graduate from Harvard Dental School
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Roberta Flack ~
(singer) born
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Posted by:
molly, on
8/11/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Roland Kirk ~
the great Jazz musician was born.
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
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Ronald H Brown ~
(former chairman of the Democratic National Committee) appointed head of the Department of Commerce by President-elect B ...
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Ronald H Brown ~
(former chairman of the Democratic National Committee) born
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
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Roots ~
ABC-TV begins televising the
Roots mini-series (which would go on to be the most watched mini-series in history), ...
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Posted by:
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1/4/2011,
in category "People"
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Rosa Parks ~
refuses to yield her seat to a White man, initiating the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which lasted for approximately a year
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Posted by:
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1/4/2011,
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Rosa Parks ~
(initiator of the Montgomery Bus Boycott) born
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Posted by:
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10/21/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Rosa Parks ~
(initiator of the Montgomery Bus Boycott) dies
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2916 times
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Posted by:
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8/26/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Roxie Roker ~
(actress) born in the Bahamas
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Roy Campanella ~
named most valuable player of the National Baseball League for the second time
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8/29/2007,
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On this date:
Roy Wilkins ~
becomes executive director of the NAACP
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2849 times
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8/29/2007,
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On this date:
Roy Wilkins ~
(second Executive Director of the NAACP) dies
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3100 times
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Posted by:
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8/26/2007,
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On this date:
Roy Wilkins ~
(second Executive Director of the NAACP) born
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Posted by:
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1/19/2008,
in category "People"
On this date:
Sam Cooke ~
(vocalist and songwriter) is born in Clarksville, Mississippi
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2897 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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On this date:
Sammy Davis Jr ~
(entertainer) dies
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2522 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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On this date:
Sammy Davis Jr ~
(entertainer) born
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2956 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Samuel L Gravely ~
becomes first Black person to Command a US warship
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2872 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Samuel L Gravely ~
becomes first Black admiral in the US Navy
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3033 times
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Posted by:
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8/12/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr. ~
made Commander of the U.S. Third Fleet
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3712 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Samuel Sharpe ~
(Jamaican hero) hanged
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3722 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Sandra Farmer-Patrick ~
wins national title for 400-meter hurdles
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3583 times
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