None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstarps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, and Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us pick up our boots.
In 1977
- Robert Edward Chambliss, former KKK member, convicted of first degree murder in connection with 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL
In 1978
- Andrew Young receives Springarn Award in recognition of the deftness with which he handled relations between this nation and other countries
In 1993
- Black and White leaders in South Africa approve new democracy constitution that gave blacks the vote and ended white minority rule
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Today In History
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