On This Day In Black History: February 18
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Melanie Pratt
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February 18, 2017
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1688First formal protest against slavery by organized white body in English America made by Germantown (Pa.) Quakers at monthly meeting. The historic “Germantown Protest” denounced slavery and the slave trade.
2006 Shani Davis ~ (speed skater) becomes the first Black to be awarded with an individual gold medal in the Winter Olympics
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1931 Toni Morrison ~ (writer) is born in Lorian, Ohio. She was the first Black woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature
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On This Day In Black History: February 18 was originally published on praisecharlotte.com
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