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To Inspire You
The challenge of the 21st century is not to demand equal opportunity in the machinery of oppression, but rather to identify and dismantle those structures in which racism continues to be embedded
Angela Davis
Today In History
In 1780
- African Union Society of Newport, RI was the first attested Black mutual aid society
In 1898
- Eight blacks killed during the race riot in Wilmington, NC
In 1957
- By winning the Long Beach Open, Charlie Sifford became first black person to win a major professional golf tournament