today in black history

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Massachusetts' Edward Brooke, Andrew Young of Georgia and Texan Barbara Jordan are among 16 Blacks elected to Congress in 1972.

From The Bottom Up: Segment 5

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School attendance counselor Sheppard Benyard.

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