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BY Ben Ebuka, 7:00pm April 30, 2023,

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Black History: Here are some notable events you probably didn’t know occurred in the month of April

by Ben Ebuka, 7:00pm April 30, 2023,

Black History: Here are some notable events you probably didn't know occurred in the month of April — Coretta Scott King. Herman Hiller via Wikimedia Commons

April 27

April 27, 1899 – A white mob in Lee County, Georgia, killed a Black man named Mitchell Daniel for “talking too much” about the previous day’s brutal lynching of another Black man named Sam Hose.

April 27, 1927 – Civil rights leader, Coretta Scott King, was born.

April 27, 1968 – Vincent Porter becomes the first African American certified in plastic surgery.

Last Edited by:Annie-Flora Mills Updated: April 30, 2023

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