February 4th
2007 - Tony Dungy becomes the first African American head coach to win the Super Bowl when his Colts defeated the Chicago Bears on February 4, 2007.
1986 - A stamp of Sojourner Truth is issued
A stamp of Sojourner Truth is issued by the U.S. Postal Service
1913 - Rosa Parks was born on this day.
Rosa Parks (born Roas Louise McCauley) was born on this day in Tuskegee, Alabama. On Dec. 1, 1955, Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Ala., bus and was arrested. Her courageous stand against racial injustice inspired a boycott of the Montgomery bus system that lasted one year, and would serve as the catalyst for the civil rights movement.
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