April 1, 2022
Marvin Gaye died on this day in 1984
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February 25, 2022
On this day in 1870, Hiram Rhodes Revels became the first Black U.S. senator
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February 22, 2022
Basketball legend Julius Erving, was born on this day in Roosevelt, New York in 1950
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February 2, 2022
On this day in 2009, the U.S. Senate confirmed Eric Holder as U.S. Attorney General, making him the first Black American in the role
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January 28, 2022
Pierre Toussaint, a former enslaved person from the Caribbean, who became a philanthropist in the United States was born in Haiti on this day in 1766.
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January 25, 2022
Arthur Schomburg, the historian, writer, activist and collector of research, was born on this day in 1871
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January 13, 2022
On this day in 1913 Delta Sigma Theta was founded
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January 11, 2022
On this day in 1978 Toni Morrison received the National Book Critics Circle Award
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June 9, 2021
Today in Black History: James C. Napier Born, Established First Black-Owned Bank in Tennessee
James C. Napier, politician, lawyer and owner of the first Black-owned bank in Tennessee, was born in Nashville on this day in…