TODAY IN BLACK HISTORY: October 12
Richard (“Dick”) Gregory was born (1932).
Jesse James Payne was lynched in Madison County, Florida (1945).
Forty-six Black and white sailors injured in race riot on the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk of North Vietnam (1972).
Basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain died at age 63 (1999).
Take a look at some more moments in Black History below:
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