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October 1, 1868—John Mercer Langston organizes the nation’s first Black law school at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Largely forgotten today, Langston was a major Black political figure during his day. He was one of the nation’s first African-American lawyers, elected political officials and he influenced Black education throughout the country. The town of Langston, Oklahoma is named in his honor.
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October 2, 1935 ~ Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., a United States Air Force officer and the first African-American astronaut was born. He was also a test pilot and senior United States Air Force pilot with over 2,500 flight hours.
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October 3, 1974 ~ Frank Robinson named manager of the Cleveland Indians and became the first Black manager in the major leagues. Robinson's legendary career included MVP awards in both the National and American Leagues, 586 home runs, Triple Crown Winner, six time all-star, World Series Champion, and induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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October 4, 1951 ~ after treatment in Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Henrietta Lacks dies from cervical cancer, however, her cells did not die.
Henrietta Lacks's cells, taken without her knowledge, became the immortal HeLa cell line, revolutionizing medical research. Despite her tragic passing, her legacy lives on. Learn more about Henrietta Lacks's story in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.
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October 6, 1971 ~ The first legal interracial marriage takes place in North Carolina. A Black man, John Wilkinson, marries a White woman, Lorraine Mary Turner. The marriage came a few years after the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Loving v. Virginia, that ruled legal barriers to interracial marriage, which existed in most Southern states, were unconstitutional.
@nursefrombirth please clarify, this ruling pertains to Black interracial, not other interracial?
@JanetZumba_FalPals I'll have to clarify but I believe it is all interracial. I believe there were some "recognized" interracial marriages in NC prior to this, however I'm not sure they were considered "legal" by the state.
@nursefrombirth maybe "legality" by the state doesn't matter. I'm just thinking out loud.
@nursefrombirth back in SanFrancisco, there were many half-Japanese children, such as myself. This was "a thing" because US Army men stationed in Japan sometimes married Japanese women and then later transferred to the beautiful Army base in San Francisco. My parents were married in Japan before that year.
Louisiana has had "creole" mixture for quite awhile.