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February 21
1895
North Carolina Legislature, dominated by Black Republicans and white Populists, adjourned for the day to mark the death of Frederick Douglass.
1917
Thelonious Sphere Monk(1917--82) Jazz musician; born in Rocky Mount, N.C. He was raised in New York
1933
Nina Simone(Eunice Waymon), 66, singer ("I Love You Porgy," "Trouble in Mind") born Tryon, NC, Feb 21, 1933.
1936
Barbara Jordan, who will be the first African American woman elected to the House of Representatives, is born
1965
Bro. El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X (39)) assassinated in Audubon Ballroom at a rally of his organization. Three Blacks were later convicted of the crime and sentenced to life imprisonment.
1987
African Americans in Tampa, Florida rebelled after an African American man was killed by a white police officer while in custody.
1992
Eva Jessye choral director for the first Broadway production of Porgy and Bess died in Ann Arbor.
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