today in black history

February 20, 2025

Military leader Idi Amin overthrows the Obote government and becomes the president and ruler of Uganda on this date in 1971.

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POSTED: March 29, 2012, 12:00 am

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This year marks the 40th anniversary of the historic 1972 Gary, Indiana national Black political convention that set the stage for the presidential campaigns of Shirley Chisholm, Rev. Jesse Jackson and the eventual election of Barack Obama to the presidency.





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