Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.
In 1802
- Alexandre Dumas is born in Villiers-Cotterets to a Haitian mulatto, Thomas Alexandre Dumas, and Marie Labouret Dumas, a French woman. He will become an acclaimed author of the French classics The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The Corsican Brothers
In 2015
- Tiesha Thomas, a 17-year veteran of the Bloomfield, CT Polic Department becomes the first Black female promoted to the rank of Sergeant in the agency's history
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