Oliver W. Hill elected to Richmond, Virginia, City Council becoming the first African American to do so since Reconstruction.
On this day in 1989, Congressman John Conyers D-Michigan announced a call for a reparations study.
On this day in 1939, R&B singer Johnny Ace was born John Marshall Alexander, Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee. His major hits include “My Song” and “Pledging My Love.”
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