Today Friday, March 12^th 2010 in Black History

August 4th, 1961 - President Barack Obama born January 3rd, 2008 - First African-American candidate to win a U.S. presidential primary/caucus August 27th, 2008 - First African-American as Presidential Candidate November 4th, 2008 - Barack Obama is elected as the first African American President of the United States January 20th, 2009 - Barack Obama is sworn in as the first black president

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A Black History moment on Friday, March 12^th 2010

Charlie Parker, one of the founding fathers of jazz music passes away.

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