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Civil Rights leader and former Executive Director of the NAACP, Roy Wilkins died on September 8, 1981, in New York City at age 80.

He began work as a journalist for the Minnesota Daily and became editor for an African American newspaper named "The St. Paul Appeal" and later editor of the Kansas City Call. Wilkins moved on to the NAACP as Asst Secretary from 1931-1934. and replaced W.E.B. Du Bois as Editor of the NAACP's Crisis magazine.

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πŸ₯°THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW DEBUTS NATIONWIDE (1986)

On September 8, 1986, The Oprah Winfrey Show debuts Nationwide making the host the first African American woman to host a nationally syndicated television talk show.

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🎾 Arthur Ashe Becomes The First African American To Win The US Open Tennis Championship🎾

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Twenty brave young African American students began school at previously segregated schools in Alabama on September 10, 1963. The day before had become a national incident when segregationist Governor George C. Wallace had refused the demands of federal authorities and blocked the attendance of African American students.

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September 11, 1956 Cincinnati Reds outfielder Frank Robinson ties rookie record with his 38th HR

Mr. Robinson was a Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder who enjoyed a 20-year playing career with most notably the Reds (1956-65) and Orioles (1966-71).
Between 1956 and 1974 was a MLB All-Star on 14 occasions.

His playing No. 20 has been retired by the Cleveland, Cincinnati and Baltimore clubs.

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Dr. Mae Carol Jemison became the first African American woman to travel in space on September 12, 1992 aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

Jemison was selected as the first African American female candidate in the astronaut program by NASA on June 4, 1987. She added to her historic legacy when she participated in a space mission from September 12 to September 20, 1992 on STS-47 as a Mission Specialist.

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