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African-American History is still going strong! If you want to see who made history on this day, get informed, inspired, and educated right now……….…

Black History Scope for February 17th:

1870-Congress passed resolution readmitting Mississippi on condition that it would never change its constitution to disenfranchise Blacks.

1891-A. C. Richardson, a black inventor, invented the churn

1902-Opera singer, Marian Anderson was born on this day in Philadelphia, PA.

1918-Birthday of Rep. Charles A. Hayes, D-Illinois, who was born in Cairo, IL. In 1989, Hayes was re-elected to a fourth term in the House of Representatives. He was first elected September 12, 1983.

1936-James Nathaniel Brown, Pro Football Hall of Fame Fullback and Actor, Born on this day in St. Simons Island, GA

1938-On this day Mary Frances Berry, who will become the first woman to serve as a chancellor of a major research university, is born in Nashville, TN.

1942 – Black Panther Party Founder Huey P. Newton, was born on this day in Monroe, LA.

1963- Michael Jeffrey Jordan, Basketball player, former minor league baseball player, and actor, born in New York, NY on this day

1967-Ronald “Ronnie” De Voe, Singer of Bell Biv DeVoe, Born in Boston, MA, on this day.

1973-The Navy frigate USS Jesse L. Brown was commissioned. The ship was named for Ensign Jesse L. Brown, the first African-American naval aviator killed in combat over Korea.

1982-Jazz Pianist, Thelonious Sphere Monk, dies on this day.

1997-Virginia House of Delegates votes unanimously to retire the state song, “Carry Me Back To Old Virginia,”  a tune which glorifies slavery.

(Information courtesy of blackfacts.com)