To Inspire You

It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death.

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Today In History

• In 1960 - Somali proclaimed independent.
  
• In 1976 - Kenneth Gibson, mayor of Newark, became the first Black president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
  
• In 2009 - Ursula Burns becomes first African American Female to be named President and Chief Executive Officer of a Fortune 500 company, Xerox Corp