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November 3, 1976 Charles Dean Dixon, orchestra conductor, died. Dixon was born January 10, 1915 in New York City. He…
November 4, 1931 Charles Joseph “Buddy” Bolden, cornetist and a key figure in the development of ragtime music, died. Bolden…
November 5, 1962 Benjamin Alvin Drew, NASA astronaut, was born in Washington, D. C. Drew earned a dual Bachelor of…
November 6, 1746 Absalom Jones, abolitionist and clergyman, was born enslaved in Delaware. By 1785, Jones had bought his and…
Madison Washington was an American enslaved cook who instigated a slave revolt in November 1841 on board the brig Creole, which was transporting 134 other…
November 8, 1952 Alfre Ette Woodard, film and television actress, was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Woodard’s film appearances include “Cross…
November 9, 2006 Edward Randolph Bradley, Jr., award winning journalist, died. Bradley was born June 22, 1941 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.…
Augustus Freeman “Gus” Hawkins (August 31, 1907 – November 10, 2007) was a prominent American Democratic Party politician and a figure in the…