today in black history

November 30, 2020

Shirley Anita St. Hill (later Chisholm) is born in Brooklyn, New York on this day in 1924, and would later win election to Congress.

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President's Weekly Address - 3/8/14

POSTED: March 08, 2014, 7:00 am

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

Source: The White House

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