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Published on February 9, 2016

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In 1995..

Bernard Harris, African-American astronaut, takes space walk.

1971 – Satchel Paige Inducted to Baseball Hall of Fame

In 1952

Author Ralph Ellison’s novel Invisible Man wins the National Book Award

1944 Novelist Alice Walker was born in Eatonton, Georgia.

In 1906..Death of poet and novelist Paul Laurence Dunbar (33), Dayton, Ohio.

Today Black History Facts was originally published on praisecleveland.com

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