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NUMBER 5

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Snapshots, September 6 - 12 AMERICA MARKS 9/11 + 20 YEARS The USA commemorated the 20th Anniversary of the devastating terror attacks on September 20, 2001, that killed 3,000 people at the World Trade Center in New York City (among the dead 215 blacks), The Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 that crashed in Shanksville, Pa., while on route to its target in Washington, D.C. President Biden and every living former U.S. President except one - Donald Trump, who opted to host a title boxing match instead spent the day honoring the victims and their families.

World Trade Center Memorial Pool

Rafer Johnson (1960) and Arthur Ashe (1968)

BAVUAL Remembers: 2 African-American Sports Legends Rafer Johnson becomes the first African American to win the Olympic Decathlon at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, September 6, 1960. Arthur Ashe defeated Tom Okker of the Netherlands in the men's finals of the U.S. Open on September 9, 1968 and becomes the first African American male to win.

"Success is a journey not a destination. The doing is usually more important than the outcome. Not everyone can be Number 1. " - Arthur Ashe

The attacks changed the course of American history, leading to President George W. Bush's War on Terror, the creation of the federal Department of Homeland Security, protracted wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and heightened paranoia against Muslim Americans, among many other effects.

FROM NBCNEWS.COM:

Steph And Ayesha Curry Roll Into Oakland, Calif., With A Bus To Feed And Teach Kids FNBA star Stephen Curry and his entrepreneur wife, Ayesha Curry, have launched Eat. Learn. Play. Bus, a hot pink, pale blue and yellowish gold mobile unit that is designed to feed, teach, energize and engage Black children and other youths of color in Oakland’s stressed communities. READ MORE AT LINK: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/ steph-ayesha-curry-roll-oakland-calif-busfeed-teach-kids-rcna1932

BAVUAL Remembers: Michael K. WIlliams (1966-2021) The Brooklynite and veteran actor achieved legendary status as drug dealer Omar Little on The Wire (2002-2008) and drug kingpin Chalky White on Boardwalk Empire, (2010-2014) both on HBO.

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Down It Goes! ROBERT E. LEE STATUE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 1890 - SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

This Week In Black History Integration began in Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD, public schools, 1954 Dr. Mae Jemison is launched from the Kennedy Center into history as the first African-American woman in space. South Africa anti-apartheid activist Steve Bantu Biko dies in police custody after suffering a major head injury. Association for the study of Negro Life and History founded by Carter G Woodson, 1915 Congressman John R Lynch presided over the Republican National Convention, 1884 "Duke" Ellington won Sprngarn Medal for his musical achievements, 1959 Haile Selassie I is deposed as Ethiopia's Emperor. The Oprah Winfrey Show debuts Nationwide making the host the first African American woman to host a nationally syndicated television talk show. Rapper Tupac Shakur shot, 1996 NOTABLE BIRTHS: Soul singer Otis Redding (1941 - 1967); Olympic gold medalist Jesse Owens (1913 - 1980); Richard Wright (19081960), noted author of Native Son and Black Boy; Grammy Award winning jazz saxophone legend Sonny Rollins (1930); Grammy Award winning rapper Ludacris (1977)

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