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This Date in African American History:

	1891 Literature		Zora Neale Hurston, folklorist with style. *Zora Neale Hurston was born on this date in 1891.
	1890 Science/Business/ Medicine		Fountain Pen Patent awarded. On this date in 1890, William B.
	1927 Sports/Outdoors		The Harlem Globetrotters take the floor. *On this date in 1927, the Harlem Globetrotters played their first game in Hinckley, Illinois.
	2005 Episode		Triggerman of civil rights murders arrested! *On this date in 2005 an alleged member of the Ku Klux Klan was arrested.
	1914 Science/Business/ Medicine		Surgical pioneer, Dorothy L. Brown. On this date, Dorothy Lavinia Brown was born in 1919.
	1925 Music		Patricia Walton, Jazz ambassador! *Patricia Walton was born on this date in 1925.
	1907 Theatre/the Arts		Mae Barnes, a true stage original! The birth of Mae Barnes in 1907 is celebrated on this date.
	1917 Theatre/the Arts		Ulysses Kay, one of Arizona's finest! *Ulysses Kay was born on this date in 1917.
	1908 Music		One of Louisiana's finest, "Red" Allen! *Red Allen was born on this date in 1908.
	1985 Sports/Outdoors		Lewis Hamilton, a Racing icon! *Lewis Hamilton was born on this date in 1985.

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