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This Date in African American History:
1863
Episode
  54th Infantry created
*This date celebrates the creation of the all-Black Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry in 1863.
1850
Education
  A Black voice for women's issues, Hallie Q. Brown
This date marks the birth of Hallie Quinn Brown in 1850.
1972
Episode
  First National Black Political Convention held . . .
*On this date in 1972 the first National Black Political Assembly was held.
1867
Activist
  Lilian Wald, activist and educator!
*Lillian Wald was born on this date in 1867.
1964
Music
  Neneh Cherry, an interrnational Pop voice!
On this date in 1964, Neneh Cherry, an African-European pop singer, was born.
1890
Politics/Law/Military
  Charles Howard Sr., midwestern soldier and attorney!
*The birth of Charles P.
1956
Politics/Law/Military
  The "Southern Manifesto," an assault on Education!
*On this date in 1956, we recall the enactment of the “Southern Manifesto.

Today's Poetry or Lyrics:

Family   DAYTON, OH., THE 50’S & 60’S by C. S. Giscombe.
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