today in black history

April 20, 2024

E. Frederic Morrow, the first Black to serve in an executive position on a President's staff, was born on this date in 1909 in Hackensack, NJ.

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President's Weekly Address - 10/5/13

POSTED: October 07, 2013, 4:00 pm

President Obama lays the blame for the government shutdown on House Republicans, charging they refused to fund the government over a law that they don't like.

Source: The White House

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media
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organizations
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- African Environmental Research Consulting Group (AERCG)
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documents
- Economic Empowerment Fact Sheet, 2007
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- Poverty in the United States, 2001
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- Directory of Members of the House of Representatives by State
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