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February 5, 2002
On this day in History, the following Blacks were born:
Henry "Hank" Aaron -- 1934
Natalie Cole -- 1950
Black Facts of the Day:
1866
Congressman Thaddeus Stevens offered an amendment to Freedmen's Bureau bill authorizing the distribution of public land and confiscated land to freedmen and loyal refugees in forty acre lots. The measure was defeated in the House by a vote of 126 to 37. A Black delegation, led by Frederick Douglas called on President Johnson and urged ballots for former slaves. Meeting ended in disagreement and controversy after Johnson reiterated his opposition to Black suffrage.
1958
Clifton R. Wharton Sr. confirmed as minister to Rumania. Career diplomat was the first Black to head a U.S. embassy in Europe.
1962
Suit seeking to bar Englewood, N.J., from maintaining "racial segregated" elementary schools filed in U.S. District Court.
1990
Columbia University graduate and Harvard University law student Barack Obabma became the first African American named president of the Harvard Law Review.
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I am a woman, I make mistakes. I make them often. God has given me a talent and that's it. ~ Jill Scott
Last edited by CrimsonTide4; 02-05-2002 at 09:10 AM.
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