A recap of the top stories impacting Black America on May 1, 2009.
today in black history
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Composer and educator James Weldon Johnson, who wrote "Lift Every Voice and Sing," was born in 1871 in Jacksonville, Florida.
Dr. Ron Daniels
Today in Black America: 05.01.09
With Brette Dawson
POSTED: May 01, 2009, 6:21 pm
