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Rhode Island Guardians Black History Month Benefit Gala Dinner Dance	02/28/2026	Cape Verdean Progressive Center

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In 1990 - Nelson Mandela released from prison after 27 years as South African political prisoner
In 2016 - Dr. Paula Johnson, a Harvard Medical School faculty member, is named as the 14th President of Wellesley College, becoming the first African American to hold the position
In 1996 - Penn's Baccalaureate Speaker was the Right Reverend Barbara Clementine Harris, a Philadelphian who was the first woman ever to become a bishop in the Anglican Communion.
In 1976 - Clifford Alexander, Jr. is confirmed as the first African American Secretary of the Army