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Today In History

Black History Month

• In 1864 - Rebecca Lee Crumpler becomes the first black woman to receive an M.D. degree. She graduated from the New England Female Medical College
  
• In 2009 - Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington becomes the 1st African American to appear on an American coin, the District of Columbia commemmorative quarter