To Inspire You

I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question

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Today In History

• In 1863 - Emancipation Proclamation went into effect
  
• In 1996 - LaMetta Wynn elected first Black Female Mayor in State of Iowa
  
• In 2006 - Byron Brown becomes first Black Mayor of Buffalo, NY