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Black History Today for February 9th:
1995: Bernard Harris, African-American astronaut, takes space walk.
1971: Baseball Hall of Fame inducts Leroy "Satchel" Paige.
1952: Author Ralph Ellison's novel Invisible Man wins the National Book Award.
1944: 1944 Novelist Alice Walker was born in Eatonton, GA.
1906: Death of poet and novelist Paul Laurence Dunbar (33), Dayton, OH.
