To Inspire You

We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice.

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Today In History

• In 1780 - African Union Society of Newport, RI was the first attested Black mutual aid society
  
• In 1898 - Eight blacks killed during the race riot in Wilmington, NC
  
• In 1957 - By winning the Long Beach Open, Charlie Sifford became first black person to win a major professional golf tournament