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February 19, 1942...The Tuskegee Airmen were an elite group of black US Army Air Corps aviators, the first black pilots in the US military, who served in World War 2. Not only did they assist the US and allied powers on the war front, they instramental in desegrating the US military, and flew Eleanor Roosevelt on a quick flight state side.

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The nursing shortage in the US, lead Seaview Sanatorium to recruit black nurses in the south to the New York tuberculosis hospital. While black nurses were not allowed to work in most hospitals, were not allowed in the American Nursing Association, nor given any supervisory positions in the few hospitals they were employed due to racial discrimination, there contributions to the medical profession could not be ignored. Face to face with the most deadly disease of the time, working tirelessly to care for their patients day in and day out, it is because of them the tuberculosis epidemic ended and the sanatoriums across the nation closed.

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Soul food was born pre-civil war, the creation of enslaved people to provide life sustaining sustenance, but also a homage to their roots. Now soul food is the food of freedom, comfort, and community. Passed through generations within the black American communities, it is a representation of a culture that continues to define resilience, perseverance, fortitude, and strength. 

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February 18, 1931...Toni Morrison is one of the most renowned, celebrated authors in the world, using her voice to shed light on racial inequality, gender inequality, and social injustices.

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February 17, 1942...Armed with a gun, a law book, knowledge, and a desire to make the world better, Huey P. Newton set out on a mission that put a target from the FBI on his back, protecting, feeding and providing medical care thousands but costing him and his several of his compatriots their lives.

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February 16, 1964...education is one of the most important professions, and James Munroe Canty took edication to whole new level.

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February 15, 1968...A four decade long career that began at aged 16 brought Henry Lewis success not only in the US, but across the world.

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February 14, 1959...Baby Dodds is the best jazz drummer to ever pick up drum sticks or in early drumming, chair rungs.

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Febrary 13, 1923...the New York Renaissance Basketball Team was a barnstorming team formed due to the racial segregation of sports legues.  They were a successful and accomplished team who used a ballroom as their home court.

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February 12 is not only the anniversary of the NAACP, but also of the first time "Lift Every Voice And Sing, the black national anthem, was performed.

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