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January 27, 1972 Mahalia Jackson, the Queen of Gospel Music, died. Jackson was born October 26, 1911 in New Orleans,…
January 28, 1960 Zora Neale Hurston, author and playwright, died. Hurston was born January 7, 1891 in Notasulga, Alabama but…
January 29, 1954 Oprah Gail Winfrey, television host, producer, businesswoman, and philanthropist, was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi. At the age…
Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the…
February 1, 2003 , NASA astronaut, Michael P. Anderson was killed along with the rest of the crew of STS-107…
February 2, 1935 Pete Brown, the first African American to win a Professional Golfers Association Tour event, was born in…
February 3, 1910 Robert Earl Jones, stage and film actor and father of James Earl Jones, was born in Senatobia,…