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Black History Today for February 16th:

1870- Congress passed resolution readmitting Mississippi on condition that it would never change its constitution to disenfranchise Blacks.

1891- A. C. Richardson, a black inventor, invented the churn on this day.

1902- Opera singer Marian Anderson was born in Philadelphia, PA on this day.

1918- Birthday of Rep. Charles A. Hayes, D-Illinois, who was born in Cairo, IL. In 1989, Hayes was re-elected to a fourth term in the House of Representatives. He was first elected Sept. 12, 1983.

1936-  Pro Football Hall of Fame Fullback, James Nathaniel Brown was born in St. Simons Island, GA on this day.

1938- Mary Frances Berry (who will become the first woman to serve as a chancellor of a major research university), is born in Nashville, TN.

1942- Black Panther Party Founder Huey P. Newton, born in Monroe, LA.

1963- Basketball player, former minor league baseball player, Michael Jeffrey “Air” Jordan, Born New York, NY on this day.

1967- On this date, Singer of Bell Biv DeVoe  Ronnie DeVoe, is born Boston, MA,

1982- Jazz Pianist Thelonious Sphere Monk,  dies.

1997- Virginia House of Delegates votes unanimously to retire the state song, “Carry me back to old Virginia,”  a tune which glorifies slavery.

(Information courtesy of blackfacts.com)