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Barack Obama is elected as the first African American President of the United States (November 4th, 2008)

First Black President of the United StatesBarack Obama is elected as the 44th president of the United States.

Author James Weldon Johnson, born

June 17, 1871 - June 26, 1938 (67)

James Weldon JohnsonAuthor, lyricist, poet and educator James Weldon Johnson born in Jacksonville, Florida. He is remembered for penning the lyrics to what has become known as the "Negro Anthem" to "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (1899.)

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