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To Inspire You
The most disrespected person in America is the Black Woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black Woman. The most neglected person in America is the Black Woman.
Malcolm X
Today In History
In 1839
- Liberty Party, first anti-slavery political party, organized at Warsaw, NY
In 1894
- A.C. Richardson patents the casket lowering device
In 1913
- Daniel Hale Williams becomes first black elected to American College of Surgeons. Was also first person to perform open heart surgery
In 1940
- Supreme Court ruled in Hansberry v. Lee that whites can't bar African Americans from white neighborhoods