This Week in Black History
- Post 04 April 2012
- By by Andrea L. Zopp
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April 4: 1968 – The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.
April 5: 1856 – Booker T. Washington was born.
April 6: 1830 – James A. Healy, the first Black Roman Catholic Bishop, was born.
April 7: 1915 – Billie Holiday was born.
April 8: 1960 – Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was organized.
April 9: 1975 – Josephine Baker died.
April 10: 1943 – Arthur Ashe was born.
