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1944
Alice Walker ~ (author of The Color Purple) born
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1943
Barbara Lewis ~ (singer and songwriter) is born in South Lyon, Michigan
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1995
Bernard Harris ~ becomes the first Black astronaut to take a spacewalk, dedicating it to the achievements of all African Americans
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1971
Leroy “Satchel” Paige ~ elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
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1965
Martin Luther King ~ (civil rights activist) meets with President Lyndon Johnson to discuss Black voting rights
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