On This Day In Black History – February 8
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Melanie Pratt
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February 8, 2017
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1924
Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher ~ (activist and lawyer) is born in Chickasha, Oklahoma
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1944
Harry S. McAlpin ~ becomes the first Black reporter allowed to a White House press conference
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1968
Killings during segregation protests ~ Three South Carolina State students are killed during segregation protests in Orangeburg.Students were protesting segregation at a bowling alley.
1985Brenda Renee Pearson an official court reporter for the House of Representatives was the first black female to record the State of the Union message delivered by the president in the House chambers.
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