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Zion AME Church was dedicated in New York City on this date in 1800.

The start of Integration for MD public schools, and Washington DC public school began on this date in 1954.

Ghana becomes a free self-governing nation. This country will be the first of the British Commonwealth of Nations to be self-governing on this date in 1957.  

Jocelyn Elders became the first Black and first female Surgeon General of the United States on this date in 1993.

From the face down to similar builds they could be brothers!

Our Nig by Harriet Wilson, the first novel published in the U.S. by an African American woman, was published on this date in 1859. It was lost for years until reprinted with a critical essay by African American scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. in 1983. 

George Washington Murray was elected to Congress from South Carolina on this date in 1895.

J. Ross patented the Bailing Press on this date in 1899. Patent No. 632,539.

Los Angeles, California, founded by forty-four settlers of whom at least twenty-six were descendants of Africans. Among the Black settlers, according to H.H. Bancroft’s authoritative History of California, were “Joseph Moreno, Mulatto, 22 years old, wife a Mulattress, five children; Manuel Cameron, Mulatto, 30 years old, wife Mulattress; Antonio Mesa, Negro, 38 years old, wife Mulattress, six children; Jose Antonio Navarro, Mestizo, 42 years old, wife, Mulattress, three children; Basil Rosas, Indian, 68 years old, wife, Mulattress, six children.” on this date in 1781

Lewis H Latimer, inventor and engineer was born on this date in 1848.

Bowie State College is established in Bowie, MD on this date in 1865.

Black students are banned from a Little Rock high school, by Arkansas governor Oval Faubus who calls out the National Guard on this date 1957.

And they used to say it’s a fashion no no to wear all white after labor day. A lot of yall had the all white Air Force Ones at some point in your shoe careers. They were so easy to throw on with a leisure outfit and sometimes even a nice button up and jeans. Well Nike recently re-invented the all whites with these 2 exclusive pairs. The first shoe shown is called the Pearly Whites. When you look close you’ll notice the pearle sheen the shoe has hence the name. The second shoe is even rarer known as the ‘07 Premium Limited Editions. These are different from the regular all whites and the Pearly Whites because they only have stitiching in the laces area and on the nike sign.

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