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Record of Our Forebearers Get familiar with some of the dopest black folks you may or may not have heard of.

July 16, 1968 – NFL legend Barry Sanders was born in Wichita, Kansas
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July 16, 1968 – NFL legend Barry Sanders was born in Wichita, Kansas

July 16, 1862 – journalist, anti-lynching activist, civil rights activist, and women's right advocate Ida Bell Wells was...
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July 16, 1862 – journalist, anti-lynching activist, civil rights activist, and women's right advocate Ida Bell Wells was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi

July 12, 1887 – Mound Bayou, an all African American town in Mississippi is founded by Isaiah Montgomery
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July 12, 1887 – Mound Bayou, an all African American town in Mississippi is founded by Isaiah Montgomery

July 11, 1925 – opera singer Mattiwilda Dobbs was born in Atlanta, Georgia
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July 11, 1925 – opera singer Mattiwilda Dobbs was born in Atlanta, Georgia

July 10, 1943 – tennis legend Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. was born in Richmond, Virginia
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July 10, 1943 – tennis legend Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. was born in Richmond, Virginia

July 10, 1875 – educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist Mary Jane McLeod Bethune was...
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July 10, 1875 – educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist Mary Jane McLeod Bethune was born in Mayesville, South Carolina

July 10, 1927 – politician David Norman Dinkins was born in Trenton, New Jersey
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July 10, 1927 – politician David Norman Dinkins was born in Trenton, New Jersey

July 9, 1868 – the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. All persons born or naturalized ...
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July 9, 1868 – the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified.

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

July 9, 1936 – writer, editor, poet, educator, environmental and social activist June Meyer Jordan was born in Harlem, N...
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July 9, 1936 – writer, editor, poet, educator, environmental and social activist June Meyer Jordan was born in Harlem, New York

July 7, 1972 – basketball legend Lisa Leslie was born in Gardenia, California
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July 7, 1972 – basketball legend Lisa Leslie was born in Gardenia, California

July 7, 1915 – poet and writer Margaret Walker was born in Birmingham, Alabama
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July 7, 1915 – poet and writer Margaret Walker was born in Birmingham, Alabama

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