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June 4
1832
Third national Black convention met in Philadelphia with twenty-nine delegates from eight states. Henry Sipkins of New York was elected president.
1922
Samuel Gravely, first African American admiral in the U.S. Navy, and first African American to command a U.S. warship, born
1946
Mississippi Valley State University is founded in Itta Bena, Miss.
1972
Angela Davis acquitted by white jury in San Jose, Calif., of charges stemming from a 1970 courtroom shoot-out.
1973
Death of Arna Bontemps (72), writer and educator, in Nashville, Tennessee.
1989
Four African Americans win Tony Awards for Black and Blue.
1991
Baltimore Orioles manager Frank Robinson is named assistant general manager of the club, the third African American to become assistant GM.
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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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