Dedication of Lincoln Memorial
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Johns Hopkins was born on May 19, 1795, in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
On April 11, 1919, the International Labour Organization was created.
Booker Taliaferro Washington was born into slavery on April 5, 1856, in Hale’s Ford, Virginia.
On March 25, 1931, Civil Rights leader, journalist, and suffragette Ida B. Wells died at the age of 68.
On March 21, 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. led the third (and finally successful) march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to protest for voting rights.
Abolitionist and humanitarian Harriet Tubman died on March 10, 1913, in Auburn, New York.
On February 21, 1965, activist Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City.