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David Alexander Paterson (born May 20, 1954) is an American politician who served as the…
David Alexander Paterson (born May 20, 1954) is an American politician who served as the…
Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller, jazz pianist, organist, and composer, was born in New York City.…
Bernard Shaw is a retired American journalist and former lead news anchor for CNN from…
Samuel Sharpe was born into slavery in the parish of St James, Jamaica on a…
Patti LaBelle, singer, songwriter, author, and actress, was born Patricia Louise Holte in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.…
Octavia Lenora Spencer is an American actress and author. She is the recipient of several…
Elizabeth Keckley, personal dressmaker and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln, died. Keckley was born enslaved…
Ernest Gideon Green was one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students…
Betty Shabazz born Betty Dean Sanders and also known as Betty X was an American…
Eugene Antonio Marino, the first African American archbishop in the United States, was born in…