Public Domain (family photo), Wikimedia Commons 1892 Vernon Johns, African-American minister and early civil rights pioneer who preceded Martin Luther King Jr. as pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, was born in Farmville, Virginia.
BirthOn this day — April 22 in African history
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Public Domain (family photo), Wikimedia Commons 1892 Paul Chambers, influential African-American jazz double bassist known for his work with Miles Davis and John Coltrane, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Premium Times — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1938 Gani Fawehinmi, Nigerian human rights lawyer and pro-democracy activist known for challenging successive military governments, was born in Ondo, Nigeria.
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Bettmann Archive — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1950 Charles Hamilton Houston, African-American lawyer and dean of Howard University Law School whose legal strategy laid the groundwork for the end of segregation, died in Washington, D.C.
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