today in black history

April 20, 2019

E. Frederic Morrow, the first Black to serve in an executive position on a President's staff, was born on this date in 1909 in Hackensack, NJ.

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President's Weekly Address - 2/15/14

POSTED: February 15, 2014, 8:30 am

In his weekly address to the nation, President Obama calls on Congress to raise the federal minimum wage.

Source: The White House

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- CBC Newsletter, May 1975
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