This document lists the birthdates and death of several important African American figures throughout history, including the painter Henry Ossawa Tanner born in 1859 in Pittsburgh, former U.S. Congressman Joseph Hayne Rainey born in 1932 in South Carolina, baseball player Arthur Simmons born in 1937 in Kentucky, and blues musician John Lee Hooker who died in 2001 in Los Angeles at age 83 after being born in 1917 in Mississippi. It also notes the remembrance day of James Chaney who was lynched in 1964 in Mississippi at age 21 while working as a civil rights organizer.
This document lists the birthdates and death of several important African American figures throughout history, including the painter Henry Ossawa Tanner born in 1859 in Pittsburgh, former U.S. Congressman Joseph Hayne Rainey born in 1932 in South Carolina, baseball player Arthur Simmons born in 1937 in Kentucky, and blues musician John Lee Hooker who died in 2001 in Los Angeles at age 83 after being born in 1917 in Mississippi. It also notes the remembrance day of James Chaney who was lynched in 1964 in Mississippi at age 21 while working as a civil rights organizer.
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This document lists the birthdates and death of several important African American figures throughout history, including the painter Henry Ossawa Tanner born in 1859 in Pittsburgh, former U.S. Congressman Joseph Hayne Rainey born in 1932 in South Carolina, baseball player Arthur Simmons born in 1937 in Kentucky, and blues musician John Lee Hooker who died in 2001 in Los Angeles at age 83 after being born in 1917 in Mississippi. It also notes the remembrance day of James Chaney who was lynched in 1964 in Mississippi at age 21 while working as a civil rights organizer.
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Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
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Download as RTF, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd