BLACK HISTORY FACTS THAT HAPPEN ON THIS DATE APRIL 21ST: A ship named Azor left Charleston, SC, for Liberia with 206 Black immigrants on board on this date in 1878. This ship was connected to the Liberian Exodus Joint Steamship Company that ultimately failed due to lack of money. Nina Simone, singer, dies in Paris, France at the age of 70, in 2003. George Washington Murray, Congressman from South Carolina, is believed to have died in Chicago, IL, on this date in 1926. James Napier, lawyer, politician, banker, civic leader, and President of the National Negro Business League, died in Nashville, TN, on this date in 1940. Napier organized the Citizens Bank, the first Black-owned bank in Tennessee. Pvt. Milton L. Olive, III was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor on this date in 1966. This award was for his exemplary services in Vietnam. Lee Elder won the Monsanto Open, becoming the first Black pro golfer to qualify for the Masters Golf Championship on this date in 1974. Jordan scores 63 points against Boston Celtics, in 1986.
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