today in black history

November 05, 2025

Mervin Dymally is elected Lieutenant Governor of California in 1974, becoming the first Black to hold the position.

How Long? Not Long

POSTED: October 30, 2008, 10:53 am

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A look back at the 1965 Selma-Montgomery march.

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