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Protesters pushed a statue of 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston into Bristol's harbor. https://t.co/yaHm3EjBVK

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“We try to celebrate and amplify the voices of Black writers every day," said Rio Cortez, manager and creative coordinator of Schomburg Shop. For #Juneteenth, the #SchomburgCenter released its Black Liberation List for Young Readers. https://t.co/LYeTGg4Pky. #Schomburg95

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Jun 25, 1941
Fair Employment Practices Commission banned racial discrimination in any defense industry receiving federal contracts

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Jun 22, 1943
W.E.B. DuBois became 1st African-American member of National Institute of Letters

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Jun 24, 1964
Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) founded by Malcolm X and other African American nationalist and Pan-African leaders

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Jun 27, 1939
Frederick McKinley Jones patented (2,163,754) the TICKET DISPENSING MACHINE

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Jun 19, 1865
African-Americans in Texas are notified of Emancipation Proclamation issued in 1863; "Juneteenth " marks the event

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Jun 21, 1853
Harriet Ann Jacobs' "Letter from a Fugitive Slave" was published in the New York Tribune

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Jun 25, 1941
Fair Employment Practices Commission banned racial discrimination in any defense industry receiving federal contracts

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Jun 26, 1956
Percy L. Julian patented (2,752,339) PREPARATION OF CORTISONE

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Josiah Henson b. Jun 15, 1789
Minister, abolitionist,Underground Railroad conductor; founded an Afro-Canadian community

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Doc Cheatham b. Jun 13, 1905
Jazz trumpeter,vocalist; Best Jazz Instrumental Solo Grammy, played until 2 days before his death and 92nd birthday

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Levi Watkins b. Jun 13, 1944
He and Vivien Thomas were the 1st to implant an automatic defibrillator in a human

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John Edgar Wideman b. Jun 14, 1941
Writer, professor; Rhodes Scholarship, American Book Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters

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Nat Love b. Jun 1854
Cowboy, rodeo performer (roping, bridling, saddling, shooting)

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Erroll Garner b. Jun 15, 1921
Jazz Piano, Bop, Swing; best known as the composer of "Misty"

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James A. Emanuel b. Jun 15, 1921
Author, poet; pioneer of literary genre—jazz and blues haiku

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Lamont Dozier b. Jun 16, 1941
Member of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team (Motown sound); arranger, producer

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Kendrick Lamar b. Jun 17, 1987
Musician, writer; messenger of social/spiritual hope, To Pimp a Butterfly taught in college courses, 1st rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize

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James Weldon Johnson b. Jun 17, 1871
Author, poet, songwriter, educator, lawyer, diplomat, civil rights activist
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