February 15, 1804
New Jersey Abolishes Slavery
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February 16, 1812
Black Freemasons Establish Lodge in New York
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February 27, 1842
First African American Speaks Before the Massachusetts House
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February 23, 1853
First Black YMCA Founded
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February 11, 1861
U.S. House Promises Non-Interference
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February 21, 1864
First Black Catholic Parish
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February 24, 1864
Rebecca Lee Crumpler Graduates from Medical School
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February 01, 1865
Thirteenth Amendment Abolishes Slavery
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February 01, 1865
John Rock Practices Law Before Supreme Court
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February 08, 1865
First Black Major
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February 12, 1865
First African American to Speak Before Congress
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February 18, 1867
Augusta Institute Founded
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February 23, 1868
W.E.B. DuBois Born
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February 20, 1869
Tennessee Declares Martial Law
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February 26, 1870
Wyatt Outlaw Lynched
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February 28, 1879
Southern Exodus Begins
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February 08, 1894
Congress Repeals Enforcement Act
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February 20, 1895
Frederick Douglass Dies
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February 27, 1897
Marian Anderson Born
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February 22, 1898
Postmaster Murdered in South Carolina
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February 17, 1900
Ethel Darden Born
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February 28, 1900
Junius Gaten Born
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February 01, 1902
Langston Hughes Born
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February 02, 1904
Sister Constance Murphy Born
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February 09, 1906
Paul Dunbar Dies
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February 12, 1909
NAACP Established
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February 02, 1912
Herbert Mills Born
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February 19, 1912
Pauline Morton Born
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February 04, 1913
Rosa Parks Born
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February 23, 1914
James Cameron Born
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February 01, 1916
Eloise Demaris Hughes Born
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February 17, 1918
Charles Hayes Born
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February 13, 1919
Evelyn Freeman Roberts Born
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February 01, 1920
Anne Spencer First Published
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February 17, 1920
Vivian Hewitt Born
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February 23, 1920
Albert W. Johnson Born
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February 25, 1920
Dempsey Travis Born
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February 02, 1922
Dr. Charles F. Whitten Born
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February 17, 1922
Leo Branton, Jr. Born
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February 05, 1923
Erma Clanton Born
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February 05, 1923
Dr. James Bowman Born
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February 18, 1924
Vel Phillips Born
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February 27, 1924
Samella Lewis Born
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February 23, 1925
Louis Stokes Born
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February 25, 1925
Ed Gardner Born
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February 07, 1926
Negro History Week First Celebrated
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February 20, 1926
Ray F. Wilson Born
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February 07, 1927
Ernie Mae Miller Born
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February 08, 1927
John W. Barfield Born
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February 09, 1927
Richard Long Born
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February 10, 1927
Leontyne Price Born
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February 14, 1927
William “Bob” Bailey Born
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February 17, 1927
Mildred Cruzat Born
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February 23, 1927
Frances Hooks Born
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February 07, 1928
Rev. H.K. Matthews Born
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February 22, 1928
Archibald Motley Appears on Cover of New York Times
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February 02, 1930
Robert E. Wooten, Sr. Born
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February 15, 1930
Jacob Carruthers Born
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February 23, 1930
Jeanne Martin Brayboy Born
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February 18, 1931
Toni Morrison Born
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February 19, 1931
Rev. Kenneth B. Smith Born
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February 24, 1931
Hilbert Stanley Born
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February 01, 1932
Dr. Edgar N. Duncan Born
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February 10, 1932
Paul Brock Born
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February 17, 1932
James Montgomery Born
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February 27, 1932
Dr. Henry Lucas Born
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February 28, 1932
Howard Moore, Jr. Born
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February 06, 1933
Reverend Walter Fauntroy Born
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February 12, 1933
Delores Brisbon Born
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February 25, 1933
Gary Gayton Born
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February 05, 1934
Leonard Dawson Born
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February 12, 1934
Rafael Cortada Born
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February 16, 1935
William Lowry Born
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February 17, 1935
Rev. Joseph L. Roberts Born
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February 18, 1935
Carrie Tankard Born
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February 28, 1935
Ausbra Ford Born
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February 03, 1936
Robert Buck Brown Born
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February 01, 1937
Samuel A. Floyd, Jr. Born
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February 09, 1937
Rev. Mary Ivey Born
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February 17, 1937
Vera Hall Born
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February 24, 1938
Donald Richards Born
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February 27, 1939
Daughters of the American Revolution Ban Black Vocalist
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February 06, 1940
Hugh C. Burroughs Born
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February 07, 1940
Joyce Hughes Born
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February 11, 1940
William King Born
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February 14, 1940
Alma Brown Born
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February 17, 1940
Honorable Wellington Webb Born
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February 21, 1940
Honorable John Lewis Born
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February 29, 1940
McDaniel Wins An Oscar
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February 10, 1941
366th Infantry Activated
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February 10, 1941
Hon. Marvin S. Arrington, Sr. Born
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February 18, 1941
Emma Chappell Born
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February 18, 1941
Irma Thomas Born
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February 04, 1942
Florence LaRue Born
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February 23, 1942
Haki Madhubuti Born
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February 27, 1942
Charlayne Hunter-Gault Born
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February 02, 1943
Robert Pickens Born
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February 03, 1943
Fannie Rushing Born
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February 07, 1943
Ronald E. Mickens Born
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February 12, 1943
Joseph Anderson Born
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February 20, 1943
Sala Udin Born
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February 28, 1943
James G. Kaiser Born
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February 15, 1944
Louis Dodd Born
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February 19, 1944
John Henry Heidelberg Born
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February 08, 1945
Justice Cynthia A. Baldwin Born
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February 10, 1945
John Jay Johnson Born
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February 10, 1945
John J. Johnson Born
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February 17, 1945
Les Brown Born
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February 19, 1945
Marquita Pool-Eckert Born
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February 21, 1945
Larry Gossett Born
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February 11, 1946
Reuben Cannon Born
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February 16, 1946
Barbara Farmer Born
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February 23, 1946
Susan Taylor Born
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February 26, 1946
Dr. Sylvester Small Born
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February 03, 1947
Diane McCoy-Lee Born
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February 03, 1947
Diane McCoy-Lee Born
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February 04, 1947
Sanford Bishop, Jr. Born
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February 23, 1947
Ron Daly Born
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February 05, 1948
Deborah Willis Born
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February 11, 1948
Nelvia Brady Born
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February 18, 1948
Pat Lottier Born
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February 23, 1949
Paul McDonald Born
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February 05, 1950
Calvin Darden Born
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February 19, 1950
Bebe Moore Campbell Born
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February 08, 1951
The Hon. Kenneth E. Reeves Born
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February 09, 1951
Zerrie Campbell Born
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February 18, 1951
Elisabeth Omilami Born
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February 27, 1951
Reed Kimbrough Born
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February 14, 1952
Lynn Norment Born
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February 16, 1952
James Ingram Born
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February 21, 1952
Hon. Denise Page Hood Born
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February 23, 1952
Napoleon Brandford III Born
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February 29, 1952
Maxine Baker Born
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February 16, 1953
Debra James Born
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February 06, 1954
Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith Born
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February 21, 1954
Amina J. Dickerson Born
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February 22, 1954
Robert Franklin Born
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February 23, 1955
Rodney Slater Born
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February 10, 1956
Kenny Leon Born
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February 05, 1958
First African American to Head an Embassy
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February 04, 1959
Nick Cave Born
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February 05, 1959
Armstrong Williams Born
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February 28, 1959
Dina Ruth Andrews Born
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February 01, 1960
Wave of Sit-ins Begin in Greensboro
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February 06, 1960
Lisa E. Davis Born
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February 25, 1964
Cassius Clay Wins Heavyweight Title
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February 03, 1965
McCullough Wins Sculpture Award
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February 21, 1965
Malcolm X Assassinated
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February 02, 1967
Robert Stull Born
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February 02, 1969
Etu Evans Born
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February 23, 1969
Daymond John Born
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February 13, 1970
First Black Member of the New York Stock Exchange
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February 04, 1973
Camara Kambon Born
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February 06, 1973
Dr. George Jenkins Born
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February 11, 1977
Clifford Alexander Named Secretary of the Army
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February 21, 1978
Ayisha McMillan Born
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February 17, 1982
Thelonious Monk Dies
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February 28, 1984
Marsalis Sets Grammy Awards Record
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February 27, 1988
Debi Thomas Medals in Olympics
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February 10, 1989
Ronald H. Brown Heads Democratic National Committee
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February 10, 1989
Louis Sullivan Appointed Health Secretary
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February 04, 1990
Protestors Arrested in Selma, Alabama
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February 11, 1990
Nelson Mandela Released from Prison
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February 20, 1991
Quincy Jones Awarded Grammy Legend Award
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February 28, 1991
The Content of Our Character Praised
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February 06, 1992
John Singleton Nominated for an Oscar
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February 15, 1992
Hooks Announces Retirement from NAACP
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February 06, 1993
Arthur Ashe Dies
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February 23, 1993
Slave Cemetery Designated Historical Landmark
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February 09, 1995
First African American to Walk in Space
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February 14, 1997
Slater Named Secretary of Transportation
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February 13, 1998
Satcher Named Surgeon General
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February 21, 1998
Bond Named Chair of NAACP
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February 01, 2000
African/African American Historical Museum Opens
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February 06, 2003
Holmes Daylie Dies
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February 20, 2003
U.S. Court House Named After Nathaniel R. Jones
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February 07, 2004
Pauline Morton Dies
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February 08, 2004
The Chi-Lites Win a Grammy
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February 08, 2004
Jenkins Awarded Grammy
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February 16, 2004
C. Vincent Bakeman Passes Away
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February 16, 2004
C. Vincent Bakeman dies
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February 16, 2004
William S. White Dies
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February 17, 2004
Irma Josephine Barber Passes Away
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February 17, 2004
Irma Josephine Barber dies
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February 29, 2004
Jeff Donaldson dies
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February 29, 2004
Jeff Donaldson Passes Away
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February 01, 2005
Bertrand Miles Dies
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February 04, 2005
Edwin Kelly Dies
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February 04, 2005
Ossie Davis Passes Away
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February 04, 2005
Ossie Davis dies
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February 09, 2005
Tyrone Davis Passes Away
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February 13, 2005
Earl Neal Dies
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February 14, 2005
Milton Davis Dies
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February 07, 2006
Coretta Scott King's Funeral Held
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February 13, 2006
Charles Stewart dies
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February 13, 2006
Charles Stewart Passes Away
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February 14, 2006
Wilhelmina Rolark Passes Away
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February 14, 2006
Wilhelmina Rolark dies
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February 18, 2006
Davis Wins Gold Medal
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February 04, 2007
First Black Head Coach Wins The Superbowl
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February 06, 2007
Willye B. White Dies
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February 10, 2007
Barack Obama Announces Presidential Run
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February 12, 2007
Eldee Young Dies
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February 22, 2007
Dennis Johnson Dies
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February 23, 2007
Amazon Brooks Dies
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February 25, 2007
Forest Whitaker Wins An Oscar
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February 25, 2007
Jennifer Hudson Wins An Oscar
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February 04, 2008
Rachel Noel dies
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February 07, 2008
Adine Ray dies
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February 29, 2008
William L. Smith dies
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February 01, 2009
Second Black Head Coach Wins SuperBowl
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February 15, 2009
Judge Earl Strayhorn Dies
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February 26, 2009
Joe Donovan Dies
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February 26, 2009
Norm Van Lier Dies
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