Black History Facts for Today by Yenoba.com

September 12
Jesse Owens, legendary track star, was born in Danville, AL, on this date in 1913. Owens won four Olympic Gold Medals in Berlin in 1936.

Military leaders deposed Haile Selassie on this date in 1974. Selassie had been the ruling monarch of Ethiopia since 1930.

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