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By providing students in our Nation with such an education, we help save our children from the clutches of poverty, crime, drugs, and hopelessness, and we help safeguard our Nation's prosperity for generations yet unborn.

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Today In History

• In 1930 - Nation of Islam founded in Detroit by Elijah Mohammed
  
• In 1986 - George Branaham becomes first black to win Professional Bowlers Association title
  
• In 1989 - Col. Frederick D. Gregory becomes first African American to lead a space mission