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1874 📚Patrick Francis Healy, the 1st Black person to receive a PhD, was inaugurated as the president of Georgetown University, becoming the 1st Black person to lead a predominantly white university.

1951 📚☆Ray Charles gets married for the 1st time. His bride is Eileen Williams, a beautician from Chicago.

1960 ☆Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam, called for the creation of a Black state in America. Advocating for a separate state of our own.