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July 03, 2022

Educator Dr. Ruth Simmons, the first Black president of Brown University, was born on this date in 1945 in Grapeland, Texas.

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President's Weekly Address for February 28, 2009

POSTED: February 28, 2009, 7:51 pm

President Obama's Weekly Address for February 28, 2009.

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