This Day In Black History – Feb 5th

1958 – Clifton W. Wharton, Sr. becomes the first African American to
       head an American diplomatic mission in Europe when he is
       confirmed as minister to Romania.

1962 – A suit seeking to bar Englewood, New Jersey, from maintaining
       ”racial segregated” elementary schools, is filed in United
       States District Court.

1972 – Robert Lewis Douglas, founder, owner and coach of the New York
       Renaissance is the first African American inducted into the
       Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.  The
       New York Renaissance was an African American team that won 88
       consecutive games in 1933.

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