On this day in 1999, Maurice Ashley became the first Black chess player to earn rank of Grand Master
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March 15, 2023
Posts in category: On This Day in History
Harriet Tubman died on this day in 1913
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March 10, 2023
On this day in 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford
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March 6, 2023
On this day in 1867, Howard University was founded
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March 2, 2023
On this day in 1927, Harry Belafonte was born
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March 1, 2023
On this day in 1984, Michael Jackson set the record for most Grammy wins in a single night
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February 28, 2023
On this day in 1897, Marian Anderson was born in Philadelphia
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February 27, 2023
On this day in 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler became the first Black female doctor in the U.S.
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February 24, 2023
On this day in 1868, W. E. B. Du Bois was born
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February 23, 2023
On this day in 1898, Frazier Baker, Black postmater, was brutally lynched
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February 22, 2023
Malcolm X was assassinated on this day in 1965
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February 21, 2023
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