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Mack Charles Parker (1936-1959) | BlackPast.org
Feb 27, 2025 - The murder of Mack Charles Parker is considered one of the last civil rights era lynchings. On the night of April 24, 1959, a mob abducted Parker from the...
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William Augustus Hinton (1883-1959) | BlackPast.org
Dec 19, 2024 - William Augustus Hinton was an American bacteriologist and the first Black Professor at Harvard University. Hinton was born in Chicago, Illinois, on December...
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Kamal Al Mansour (1959- ) | BlackPast.org
Feb 14, 2025 - Kamal Al Mansour is an African American artist and inventor who graduated from University of California Los Angeles in 1981 with a degree in Political science....
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Chandrikapersad Santokhi (1959- ) | BlackPast.org
May 21, 2025 - Politician Chandrikapersad “Chan” Santokhi, whose grandparents were taken to Surinam from Bihar, India, to work as indentured laborers during the 19th century,...
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Otis Webb Brawley (1959- ) | BlackPast.org
Dec 12, 2024 - Otis Brawley is an American physician, oncologist, researcher, author, and health care reform advocate, who is currently the Chief Medical and Scientific...
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The Negro Boys Industrial School Fire (1959) | BlackPast.org
Oct 22, 2025 - The Negro Boys Industrial School Fire, also known as the Wrightsville Fire, occurred on March 5, 1959, at the Negro Boys Industrial School (NBIS), a juvenile...
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