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BH EVERYDAY - the Charlie Sifford edition (Google him!) Granville T. Woods, inventor, patented the Electric Railway on this date in 1891. Clarence M. Pendleton, Jr., the first Black Chairman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, was born in Louisville, KY, on this date in 1930. George Alexander McGurie, a Bishop who founded the African Orthodox Church, died in New York on this date in 1934. Charlie Sifford won the Long Beach Open and became the first Black person to win a major professional golf tournament on this date in 1957. Andrew J. Hatcher was named Associate Press Secretary to President John F. Kennedy on this date in 1960. Hatcher was the first Black presidential press secretary.
Posted on: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 15:41:02 +0000

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