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1867 - Morehouse College organized in Augusta, GeorgiaMorehouse College organized in Augusta, Georgia. The institution was later moved to Atlanta. New registration law in Tennessee abolished racial distinctions in voting.
1817 - Possible birthday of Frederick Douglass
Possible birthday of Frederick Douglass, abolitionist and orator. Born into slavery as Frederick Baile, Douglass purchased his freedom in 1845 and went on to become the greatest abolitionist of his time.
1920 : Mammie Smith was the first African America woman to make a blues record on this date. She recorded "You cant keep a good man down" and "This thing called Love".
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