March 2012
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Mar 1st
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February 2012
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Feb 29th
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“On February 26, 2012, TJ Martin became the first black person to win an Oscar...”
– WWU grad TJ Martin wins Academy Award for “Undefeated” - Top Stories - bellinghamherald.com
Feb 27th
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Feb 26th
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On Sunday morning March 12, 1944, the men’s basketball team from the North Carolina College for Negroes (now North Carolina Central University) competed against a squad from the Duke School of Medicine on the campus of NCCU. Only the teams, the coaches, and the referee were allowed inside the gymnasium. A few students watched through a window. It was the first racially integrated college-level...
Feb 25th
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Feb 23rd
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Feb 23rd
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Feb 20th
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Feb 13th
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Feb 12th
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Feb 12th
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Feb 8th
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Scuffalong: G.B.N.F. no. 7: Andy Simonton →
scuffalong: Death of an Old Colored Citizen. Andy Simonton, one of the old-time colored residents of Statesville, died Tuesday night at his home at Poplar Branch, southwest of town, at an advanced age. Andy was copper-colored, had long, straight black hair and was generally supposed to have some Indian… …and in the east, we grew up thinking Statesville was ‘rebbish’.
Feb 8th
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Feb 6th
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Feb 5th
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Feb 4th
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Feb 3rd
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Scuffalong: G.B.N.F. no. 2: Moses Brandon →
scuffalong: Negro Drops Dead. Moses Brandon, Restaurant Keeper, Victim of Heart Failure. Moses Brandon, a negro, fell dead today at 2:15 from heart failure. The negro, it appears, was walking on Spring street, opposite the Norfolk Southern cotton platform when suddenly he threw up his hands…
Feb 3rd
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Feb 2nd
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Feb 1st
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