today in black history

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Vanessa Williams became the first Black woman to win the Miss America pageant in 1983 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

1968 and beyond: Say It Loud!

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

POSTED: April 22, 2009, 10:17 am

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