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1951 - Spingarn Medal to Mabel K. Staupers
Mabel Keaton Staupers received the NAACP's prestigious Spingarn Medal for her pioneering leadership in nursing…
1870 - Henry McKee Minton, born
Henry McKee Minton was born on this day in Columbia, South Carolina. A pioneering African…
1907 - Cab Calloway is born in Rochester, New York.
Bandleader and pioneering jazz singer, Cab Calloway became the first jazz vocalist to sell a…
1951 - Florida Freedom Fighters
Civil rights activists Harry T. Moore and his wife, Harriette, were killed by a bomb…
1965 - Bank in Chicago Established
Seaway National Bank of Chicago, one of the largest Black-owned banks in the United States,…