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Black History On This Day April 16th

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Washington D.C. abolishes slavery (1862)

President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill ending...

First African American diplomat (1869)

First African American diplomatEbenezer Don Carlos Bassett is appointed...

Singer Roy Hamilton born (1929 - 1969)

Roy HamiltonSinger Roy Hamilton born in Leesburg, Georgia. He...

NBA Start Kareem Abdul-Jabbar born (1947)

Kareem Abdul-JabbarBasketball great Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. who...

First Black woman mayor of a major US city elected (1973)

Leila Smith Foley elected Mayor of Taft, Oklahoma...

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