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Edward Jones became the first Black man in America to graduate from college. He graduated  from Amherst College on this date in 1826.  He went on to earn his Masters in 1830.

James Stone, a light skinned fugitive slave passing for white, enlisted in the First Fight Artillery of Ohio on this day in 1861. His racial identity would not be known until his death nearly a year later.

National Negro Business League was founded on this date in 1900. Booker T. Washington was elected its first president. 

16 year old Yusef Hawkins was killed by more than 30 whites in the Bensonhurst, New York on this date in 1989.

The Public Dedication of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (NURFC) took place in Cincinnati, Ohio on this date in 2004.