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Every state has its merits and every state is the best at something, but you might be surprised at some of these bests. We all know that Texas is known for oil, restaurants and the world’s biggest rodeo. But did you know that Texas leads the country in wind energy? Who knew? New Hampshire is […]

If you saw this 4.8 pound coconut crab walking down the street, would you be freaked out or go get a big pot of hot boiling water to stick this critter in for dinner? It’s not likely being that coconut crabs are found in islands near the Pacific and Indian Oceans. They are the largest […]

  This amazing underwater sculpture in Grenada by artist Jason de Caires Taylor is called Vissicitudes. It has mistakingly been thought or assumed to identify with African slaves lost in the Middle Passages. This is most likely due to fact that most islands in the Carribean had a connection to the slave trade. However, the […]

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1984: Musician and entertainer Michael Jackson wins 8 Grammy Awards. His album, “Thriller” remains one of the top-grossing albums of all time.

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1869: Congress adopted the 15th Amendment, making it illegal for the US to deny the right to vote based on “race, color or previous condition of servitude.”

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1928: Singer “Fats” Domino was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.

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1864: After graduating from New England Female Medical College, Rebecca Lee Crumpler becomes the first black woman to receive an M.D.

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1965: Constance Baker Motley is elected Manhattan Borough president, the highest elective office held by a Black woman in a major American city.

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1989: DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince win the first Rap Grammy for the hit single “Parents Just Don’t Understand.”

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On February 21, 1965, former Nation of Islam leader and influential Black Civil Rights activist Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City.

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1940: Soul singer William “Smokey” Robinson born in Detroit, Michigan. Smokey was an original member of Motown’s first vocal group, The Miracles.