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February 13, 2002
1635
America's first public school, the Boston Latin School, opened in Boston. Black students were excluded from attending.
1882
Death of Henry Highland Garnet (66), diplomat and protest leader, in Monrovia, Liberia.
1923
The first Black professional basketball team "The
Renaissance" organized.
1957
Southern Christian Leadership Conference organized at New Orleans meeting with Martin Luther King Jr. as president.
1970
The New York Stock Exchange admits its first Black
member, Joseph Searles.
1973
Gertrude E. Downing and William Desjardin
Corner Cleaner Attachment,
Patent No. 3,715,772 on February 13, 1973
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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
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