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Robert K. Trench (1940- ) | BlackPast.org
Dec 19, 2024 - While a professor of biology at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Robert Kent Trench earned the reputation as the world’s leading expert on corals...
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Henry Ossian Flipper (1856-1940) | BlackPast.org
Mar 6, 2025 - Born near Thomasville, Georgia on March 21, 1856, Henry O. Flipper rose to prominence as the first African American graduate of the United States Military...
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Fred Gorden (1940- ) | BlackPast.org
Mar 6, 2025 - General Fred A. Gorden was the first black Commandant of Cadets, the officer in charge of the training, discipline, and physical condition of the Corps of...
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Gerald "Jerry" Anderson Lawson (1940-2011) | BlackPast.org
Dec 13, 2024 - Computer game innovator Gerald “Jerry” Anderson Lawson was born in Brooklyn, New York on Dec. 1, 1940, and grew up in Queens. His parents, both blue collar...
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