To Inspire You

If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves and allow those responsible to salve their conscience by believing that they have our acceptance and concurrence. We should, therefore, protest openly everyth

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Today In History

• In 1955 - Start of Montgomery Bus Boycott
  
• In 1987 - Carrie Saxon Perry begins terms as Mayor of Hartford, CT, becoming first black woman mayor of a major US city
  
• In 1961 - Ernie Davis becomes first African American to win Heisman Trophy
  
• In 1641 - Massachusetts becomes first colony to give statutory recognition to slavery