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To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.

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Today In History

Black History Month

• In 1923 - On this day Bessie Smith makes her first recording, "Down Hearted Blues," which sells 800,000 copies for Columbia Records
  
• In 1972 - Wilt Chamberlain becomes 1st NBA player to reach 30,000 point plateau