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Mary McLeod Bethune:
Mary McLeod Bethune, One Of America's Greatest Educators And Activists, Died On This Day In 1955.
The
Daughter Of Former Slaves (Samuel And Patsy McLeod), Mary Bethune Was
Born July 10, 1875, In Mayesville, South Carolina. She Was One Of 17
Children.
Growing Up She Worked In The Cotton Fields Of South Carolina. She Eventually Made Her Way Through College (Scotia Seminary, Near Concord, NC), Got Married (To Albertus Bethune), And Had A Son.
Mary McLeod Bethune Would Go On To Become One Of The Most Influential And Important African Americans In
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Thurgood Marshall & Colleagues:
On This Day In 1954, The U.S. Supreme Court Handed Down Its Decision In The Historical Case Of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. Chief Justice Earl B. Warren Read The Court's Decision:
"Does
segregation of children in public schools soley on the base of race,
even though the physical facilities and other 'tangible' factors may be
equal, deprive the children of the minority group of
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Isaac Burns Murphy:
Isaac Burns Murphy Won The Kentucky Derby On This Day In 1884. Riding The Horse, Buchanan.
Six Years Later He Won The Kentucky Derby Again, Riding A Horse Named Riley. And The Very Next Year (1891) He Rode The Horse, Kingman, To Victory.
Murphy Was The First Black Jockey To Win The Kentucky Derby Thress Times. He Won The American Derby And The Latonia Derby Five Times Each. At The Time, These Two Events Were Considered More Illustrious Than The Kentucky Derby.
Out Of A Total Of 1,412 Races, Murphy Won 628 Times, Earning The Title, "Greatest Horse Jockey
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Mary Church Terrell:
On May 15, 1949, The Following Letter To The Editor (Excerpted) Appeared In The Washington Post. It Was Written By Civil Rights Activist And NAACP Co-Founder, Mary Church Terrell:
"I
am urging the Post and others willing to advance our interests and deal
justly with our group to stop using the word, 'Negro.' The word is a
misnomer from every point of view. It does not represent a country or
anything else....
To be sure the complexion of the Chinese and
Japanese is yellow. But nobody refers to an individual in either group
as a colored man.... They say
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 Earl Cole: On May 14, 2007, Earl Cole Will Receive A Check For $1 Million Dollars On CBS' Early Show, After Winning The Grand Prize On The Season Finale Of The CBS Reality Game Show, Survior: Fiji. Cole Is The Second African American To Win $1000,000 On The Popular Television Show ( Vecepia Towery Won In Show's 4th Season), And The First Black Male To Ever Win. He Received A Unanimous Decision From The Nine Jurors, Another First In The Show's 14-Season Run. The 19-Member Cast Included Five African Americans, Three Of Whom Became Finalists For The $1 Million Prize. Earl Cole Is
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