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George Washington Murray, former Congressman and inventor, died. Murray was born enslaved on September 22,…

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LYNCHBURG, Tenn. — every year, about 275,000 people tour the Jack Daniel’s distillery here, and…

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Henry T. Thomas Sampson, Jr. (born in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1934, died January 10,2018, in…

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Djimon Gaston Hounsou, actor and model, was born in Cotonou, Benin. Hounsou made his film…

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Lenora Branch Fulani (born April 25, 1950) is an American psychologist, psychotherapist, and political activist.…

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Jesse Eugene Russell (born April 26, 1948) is an African American inventor. Trained as an…

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August Wilson, playwright, was born Frederick August Kittel, Jr. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Wilson dropped out…

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1938 Madge Dorita Walters Sinclair, actress, was born in Kingston, Jamaica. Sinclair was a teacher…

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Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington, pianist, composer, and big band leader, was born in Washington, D.C.…

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Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman, civil aviator, died when her airplane crashed. Coleman was born January 26,…

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