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October 26, 1911 Mahalia Jackson, the Queen of Gospel Music, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1927, Jackson moved…
October 27, 1924 Ruby Ann Wallace (Ruby Dee), actress, playwright, poet, and activist, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, but grew…
October 28, 1937 Leonard Randolph “Lenny” Wilkins, hall of fame basketball player and coach, was born in Brooklyn, New York.…
Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education, 396 U.S. 19 (1969), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ordered immediate desegregation…
October 30, 1989 Frank L. Mingo, advertising executive, died. Mingo was born December 13, 1939 in McComb, Mississippi. He earned…
October 31, 1928 Jose de la Caridad Mendez, Negro League baseball pitcher and manager, died. Mendez was born March 19,…
November 1, 1869 The 24th Infantry Regiment (the “Deuce Four”), an all-black United States military unit, was organized. In 1898,…
November 2, 1983 President Ronald Reagan signed the legislation creating a federal Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday to be observed…