April 4, 1910 – Barthélemy Boganda, Nationalist leader of the Central African Republic in the 1950s was born.
April 4, 1913 – 20th Century African American blues musician, Muddy Waters, was born.
April 4, 1928 – Marguerite Annie Johnson (Maya Angelou) American poet, memoirist, and actress was born.
April 4, 1939 – Renowned South African trumpeter and instrumentalist, Hugh Masekela, was born.
April 4, 1948 – Richard Dean Parsons, an American business executive, the former chairman of Citigroup, and the former chairman and CEO of Time Warner, was born.
April 4, 1960 – Independence Day in the Republic of Senegal.
April 4, 1968 – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.
April 4, 1972 – Politician, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., passed away.
Apr 4, 1972 – Former congressman and civil rights leader in Miami, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., passed away.
April 4, 2015 – Walter Scott, a 50-year-old black man, was fatally shot by a local police officer in North Charleston, South Carolina.
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