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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.

Black History On This Day April 16th

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Washington D.C. abolishes slavery (1862)

President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill ending...

First African American diplomat (1869)

First African American diplomat

Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett is appointed...

Singer Roy Hamilton born (1929 - 1969)

Roy Hamilton

Singer Roy Hamilton born in Leesburg, Georgia. He...

NBA Start Kareem Abdul-Jabbar born (1947)

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Basketball great Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. who...

First Black woman mayor of a major US city elected (1973)

Leila Smith Foley elected Mayor of Taft, Oklahoma...

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