On This Day In Black History – February 4
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1794
First African Methodist Episcopal Church ~ is founded in Phildelphia, Pennsylvania
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1913
Rosa Parks ~ (initiator of the Montgomery Bus Boycott) born
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1794
Slavery in France ~ in abolished. However, it was instituted again under Napoleon.
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1864
The 24th Amendment ~ (abolishing the poll tax) ratified
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2006
Warren Moon ~ becomes first Black quarterback to be inducted into the NFL (National Football League) Hall of Fame
1996J.C. Watts becomes the first Black selected to respond to a state of the union 1986A stamp of Sojourner Truth is issued |
