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Aug 27
2007

BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In OUR History

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A. Phillip Randolph, Martin Luther King, Jr & Bayard Rustin:

It Was A Warm, Balmy, 84-Degree Day In Washington, DC On Wednesday August 28, 1963. 250,000 People Marched Down Independence And Constitution Avenues, To The Lincoln Memorial, In What Was The Largest Civil Rights Demonstration In U.S. History.

Long-Time Civil Rights Activist And Founder Of The
Aug 26
2007

BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In OUR History

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Gail Fisher:

On August 27, 1975, The Last Episode Of The TV Show, Mannix, Aired On CBS. The One-Hour Television Drama Featured The Character, Joe, Mannix, A Los Angeles Detective And His Widowed Girl-Friday, Peggy Fair, Played By Actress, Gail Fisher.

For Her Role In Mannix, Fisher Won The 1969 -1970, Emmy For An Outstanding Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In Drama.
She Was The First Black Woman To Win Television's Most Prestigious Prize. Following Her Win, Fisher Would Be Nominated For The Award For The Next Three Years.

Gail Fisher Was Born Born August 18,
Aug 23
2007

BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In OUR History

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Bayard Rustin:

Civil Rights Activist, Bayard Rustin, Died From A Heart Attack,  On August 24, 1987.

Born In West Chester, Pennsylvania, March 17, 1912, Rustin Was Raised By His Grandmother, A Quaker And NAACP Member. As A Young Man, Excelled In Academics And Sports. It Was Also In His Youth That He Became Influenced By Black Leaders Like James Weldon Johnson And W.E.B. DuBoise, Who Were Frequent Guests In His Grandparents' Home.

Rustin Attended Wilberforce University, Chaney State, And City College, In New York. In 1936, He Joined The Young Communist League.
Aug 22
2007

BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In OUR History

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Walter White:

On August 23, 1923, A Budding Young Writer Named Walter F. White Wrote A Letter To A Potential Publisher, Defending His Novel, The Fire In The Flint, Which Dealt With American Race Relations And Southern Violence. White Wrote:

"I was born in Georgia. For twenty-four years I lived there. Between my junior and senior years in college I sold life insurance in that state, spending nearly four months living in small towns of which Central City is typical. There I talked with and learned to know white and colored people of all classes, particularly the better type.
Aug 21
2007

BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In OUR History

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Huey Newton:

On August 22, 1989, Black Panther Organization Co-Founder And Leader, Huey Percy Newton, Was Murdered In Oakland, California, By Convicted Drug Dealer, Tyrone Robinson.


Huey Newton Was Born February 17, 1942, In Monroe, Louisiana. His Family Moved To Oakland, CA When He Was Three.

Despite Being Illiterate When He Graduated High