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Today in1964, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama, the first African American First Lady of the United States, was born in Chicago,…

Robert Clifton Weaver was an economist, academic, and political administrator; he served as the first United States Secretary of Housing…

Clementine Hunter was a self-taught black folk artist from the Cane River region of the U.S. state of Louisiana, who…

The first inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States took place on Tuesday, January 20,…

Barbara Charline Jordan was an American lawyer, educator and politician who was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement. A…

Barney Ford was an escaped slave who became a wealthy Colorado businessman and civil-rights pioneer. He’s a member of the…

1964 – 24th Amendment The 24th Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified. It abolishes poll tax, which was used…

January 24, 1874 Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, historian, writer, and activist, was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. While he was in…