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January 19, 1931 Carl Maxie Brashear, the first African American to become a United States Navy master diver, was born…
January 20, 2009 Barrack Hussein Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States. The theme of the…
January 21, 1951 Eric Himpton Holder, Jr., the first African American Attorney General of the United States, was born in…
January 22, 1915 Clarence LaVaughn “C. L.” Franklin, minister and civil rights activist, was born in Sunflower County, Mississippi. At…
January 23, 1964 The Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. The amendment prohibits both Congress and the…
January 24, 1874 Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, historian, writer, and activist, was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. While he was in…
January 25, 1980 Black Entertainment Television began broadcasting. The Washington, D.C. based cable network was founded by Robert L. Johnson…
January 26, 1970 Kirk Dwayne Franklin, gospel music singer, was born in Fort Worth, Texas. Franklin began to take piano…