Black History and #TDIF This Day In Freshness #FreshRadio Feb 12, 2013

12 February 2013 Fresh Radio

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1.	1983 – Pianist Eubie Blake dies Pianist Eubie Blake died in Brooklyn, NY 5 days after his 100th birthday.
2.	1962 – Bus boycott started in Macon, Georgia Bus boycott started in Macon, Georgia.
3.	1956 – First black late-night talk show host in history. In 1956, the first black late-night talk show host in history, Arsenio hall was born.
4.	1952 – Congressional Medal of Honor awarded posthumously Congressional Medal of Honor awarded posthumously to Sgt. Cornelius H. Charlton for heroism in Korea.
5.	1948 – First Lt First Lt. Nancy C. Leftenant became the first Black accepted in the regular army nursing corps.
6.	1939 – Augustus Nathaniel Lushington Augustus Nathaniel Lushington became the first African American to earn a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.), earning the doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in 1897; died on this day.
7.	1934 – Billiam “Bill” Felton Russell born Birthday of William Felton Russell, better known as “Bill” Russel, he was player-coach of the Boston Celtics basketball team in 1968 and 1969. Russell was born in Monroe, Louisiana.
8.	1930 – In Tuskegee, Alabama, the Rosenwald Fund made grants to the Alabama State Board In Tuskegee, Alabama, the Rosenwald Fund made grants to the Alabama State Board of Health to help meet the cost of a sutdy of syphilis in African American men living in rural Georgia and Alabama. Thus would begin a four decade long study of syphilis without treatment. Over 400 men were allowed to carry the disease with…
9.	1909 – NAACP Founded The National Association for The Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization founded in 1909 by 60 black and white citizens. It helps prevent unjust acts,and set equality for all minorites. It achieved major success in the arts, business,and other fields. Currently, it is trying to abo…
10.	1793 – First fugitive slave law enacted by Congress In 1793, Congress passed the first Fugitive Slave Law to implement the provisions in the Constitution. It stated that to reclaim an escaped slave a master needed only to go before a magistrate and provide oral or written proof of ownership. The magistrate would then issue an order for the arrest of the slave. The slave…

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1972, Al Green went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Let’s Stay Together’, his only US chart topper. Tina Turner took the song to No.26 in 84.

1952, Born on this day, Grammy Award winning American singer and songwriter Michael McDonald, who with The Doobie Brothers had the 1979 US No.1 single ‘What A Fool Believes’, and the 1993 UK No.7 single ‘Long Train Runnin’. He began his career singing back-up vocals with Steely Dan.

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