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Bucks of America flag Oil paint on silk , circa 1789 This flag wasn’t used…

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Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. (born March 13, 1972), better known by his stage name Common…

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Quincy Delight Jones, Jr., trumpeter, music conductor and arranger, record producer, and film composer, was…

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Robert Carlos De Large was born on March 15, 1842, in Aiken, South Carolina. Although…

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March 16, 1995 Mississippi became the last state to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to the…

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March 17, 1933 Myrlie Beasley (Myrlie Evers-Williams), civil rights activist, was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi.…

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Charley Frank Pride, country music singer, was born in Sledge, Mississippi. Pride’s initial love and…

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Loretta Mary Aiken (Jackie “Moms” Mabley), stand-up comedienne, was born in Brevard, North Carolina. At…

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe (March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter,…

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Anthony Overton the first African American to lead a major business conglomerate, was born enslaved…

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