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November 19, 1958 Annette Gordon-Reed, the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for History, was born in segregated…
November 20, 1976 Dominique Margaux Dawes, the first African American female gymnast to win an Olympic Gold medal, was born…
William Boyd Allison Davis (October 14, 1902 – November 21, 1983) was an American educator, anthropologist, writer, researcher, and scholar. He was…
November 22, 1995 Johnnie Tillmon Blackston, welfare reformer, died. Blackston was born April 10, 1926 in Scott, Arkansas. The daughter…
November 23, 1897 Andrew Jackson Beard received patent number 594,059 for his improved rail coupler design. Before automatic car couplers,…
November 24, 1868 Scott Joplin, composer and pianist, was born near Texarkana, Texas. At eleven years old, Joplin was taught…
November 25, 1912 John Herman Henry Sengstacke, newspaper publisher, was born in Savannah, Georgia. As a youngster, Sengstacke worked for…
On this date in November 26, 1985, Vivien Theodore Thomas, surgical technician and animal surgeon died. Thomas was born August…