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Dorothy Dandridge:
Cinamatic Legend, Dorothy Dandridge, Was
Born On November 9, 1922, In Cleveland, Ohio.
Dandridge Entered Showbusiness During The
1930's With Her Sister, As Part Of A Song-And
Dance Team Billed As "The Wonder Children."
After Leaving High School, Dandridge, Her
Sister, Vivian And Etta James Formed A Trio
And Called The Dandridge Sisters. They
Performed At Venues Such The Apollo Theater
And The Cotton Club In Harlem.
As A Teenager She Made Her On-Screen Debut In A 1935 Our Gang Short. In 1937 She Appeared In The Marx Brothers Feature, A Day At The
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Harvey Gantt:
Harvey B. Gantt Was Was Elected Charlotte North Carolina's First Black Mayor, On November 8, 1983.
Born In Charleston, SC In 1943, Gantt Attended Clemson University, In 1963. He Was The First Black Admitted To The School And Received A Degree In Architecture. He Later Went To MIT, Where He Got His Master's In City Planning.
Gantt Served On The Charlotte City Council From 1974 - 1983. He Was Elected Mayor In 1983 And Served Until 1987.
He Staged Two Unsuccessful U.S. Senatorial Campaigns Against Jesse Helms -- One In 1990 And 1996.
Today Gantt Serves On The
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Harvey Gantt:
Harvey B. Gantt Was Was Elected Charlotte North Carolina's First Black Mayor, On November 8, 1983.
Born In Charleston, SC In 1943, Gantt Attended Clemson University, In 1963. He Was The First Black Admitted To The School And Received A Degree In Architecture. He Later Went To MIT, Where He Got His Master's In City Planning.
Gantt Served On The Charlotte City Council From 1974 - 1983. He Was Elected Mayor In 1983 And Served Until 1987.
He Staged Two Unsuccessful U.S. Senatorial Campaigns Against Jesse Helms -- One In 1990 And 1996.
Today Gantt Serves On The
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William Wells Brow:
William
Wells Brown Was Born A Slave Near Lexington, Kentucky, On November 6,
1814. His Mother Is Believed To Be The Daughter Of Frontiersman, Daniel
Boone.
Brown Escaped Slavery At The Age Of 20. After Teaching
Himself To Read And Write, He Achieved Success As An International
Lecturer, Speaking Against Slavery In The United States, Canada And
Europe.
On July 27, 1853, Brown's Novel, Clotel; or the President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States,
Was Published In London, England. Clotel, The First
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Shirley Chisholm:
On November 5, 1968, Shirley Chisholm The First Black Woman To Serve In The U.S. Congress. A Democrat, She Represented The Bedford-Stuyvesant Section Of Brooklyn.
In 1972, She Became The First African American And First Woman To Run For President, With A Major Political Party.
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In New York, To West Indian Parents, On November 30, 1924, The
Educator, Writer And Polirician Served In Congress For 14 Years.
She
Was An Outspoken Champion Of Minority And Poverty Issues, Fought To
Raise The Minimum Wage And To Obtain Federal Funding For Day
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