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Today In History

• In 1875 - President Ulysses S. Grant signs Civil Rights Law
  
• In 1927 - Birthdate of Harry Belafonte
  
• In 1960 - Pope John elevated Bishop Laurian Rugambwa of Tanganyika to the College of Cardinals, becoming the first Black cardinal of the modern era
  
• In 1892 - The pastry fork was invented by a Black woman, Anna M. Mangin