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September 24, 1965 Executive Order 11246 was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson requiring equal employment opportunity. The order prohibited…
September 25, 1957 The Little Rock Nine successfully entered Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. On May 17, 1954,…
September 26, 1981 Serena Jameka Williams, top ranked female professional tennis player, was born in Saginaw, Michigan. Soon after her…
September 27, 1966 Stephanie Diana Wilson, the second African American woman (after Mae Jemison) to go into space, was born…
September 28, 1833 Lemuel Haynes, the first African American to serve as pastor of a white congregation, died. Haynes was…
September 29, 1955 (November 14, 2016, Gwendolyn L. Ifill, journalist, television newscaster and author, was born in New York City.…
September 30, 1935 John Royce “Johnny” Mathis was born in Gilmer, Texas. As a teenager, Mathis was known for his…
