1886 - Peter "The Black Prince" Jackson wins Australian heavyweight title

ON this date in 1886, Peter “The Black Prince” Jackson wins the Australian heavyweight title, becoming the very first Black man to win a national boxing crown, 1886

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1974 - Barbara W Hancock becomes the first Black woman named a White House fellow.
1991 - Blood of Jesus added to the Library of Congress's National Film Registry
1962 - Black Church Destroyed
1962 - Meredith again denied admission to University
1962 - Sonny Liston knocks out Floyd Patterson
1861 - The Secretary of the Navy authorizes the enlistment of African Americans

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