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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 States

Barack Obama is elected as the 44th president of the United States.

Zora Neale Hurston, writer born

January 7, 1891 - January 27, 1960 (69)

Zora Neale Hurston, American folklorist and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for the 1937 novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God."

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