*1863: First Black troops, United States Colored Troops, recruited in the north.
*1893:
First Black female aviator Bessie Coleman was born.
*1948:
President Harry Truman signed executive order to end segregation in U.S. Armed
Forces.
*1990:
Elaine Weddington Steward became first Black female executive (Asst. Gen. Mgr.
of Boston Red Sox) of a professional baseball organization.
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