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July 4, 1991 The National Civil Rights Museum officially opens at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., the site of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. 1881 Booker T. Washington established Tuskegee Institute. Also founded in 1881 were Spelman College, Morris Brown College, and Bishop College. 1776 Declaration of Independence adopted. A section denouncing the slave trade was deleted. 1910 First Black heavyweight champion, Jack Johnson successfully defended his heavyweight championship by knocking out Jim "The Great White Hope" Jeffries, who had come out of retirement "to win back the title for the White race"
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