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October 10, 1927 Hazel Winifred Johnson-Brown, nurse, educator, and the first black female general in the United States Army, was…
October 11, 1956 Debra Martin Chase, lawyer and movie producer, was born in Great Lakes, Illinois, but raised in Pasadena,…
October 12, 1932 Richard Claxton “Dick” Gregory, comedian, social activist and entrepreneur, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Gregory earned…
October 13, 1875 Adam Paine, a Black Seminole Indian, received the Medal of Honor, America’s highest military decoration, for his…
James “Son” Thomas was a Delta Blues musician, gravedigger and sculptor. He was born in Eden, Mississippi on October 14,…
October 15, 1935 Willie O’Ree, the first black player in the National Hockey League, was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick.…
October 16, 1995 The Million Man March occurred in Washington, D.C. Led by the Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan’s…
October 17, 1711 Jupiter Hammon, the first African American published writer in America was born enslaved in Long Island, New…