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Today’s facts
»1973 - Doris A. Davis becomes the first African-American woman mayor of a metropolitan city in the United States.
»1956 - Montgomery buses segregated on this date.
»1973 - Cardiss R. Collins elected to Congress
»1969 - Race riot in Connecticut
»1955 - Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded his doctorate
»1950 - The Supreme Court weakened segregation
»1945 - Track star John Carlos born
»1940 - The American Negro Theater organized
»1894 - G.W. Murray patents fertilizer distributor
»1894 - G.W. Murray patents cotton chopper
»1894 - G.W. Murray patents Planter
»1872 - Republican National Convention met in Philadelphia
»1783 - Oliver Cromwell receives honorable discharge and the Badge of MeritTwitter