The first African American newspaper called “Freedom’s Journal” was published in the US.
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Democratic Senator Robert F. Kennedy started his presidential campaign.
Mississippi formally ratified the Thirteenth Amendment and became the last state to approve the abolition of slavery.
The US celebrated its very first National Book Awards.
George Clooney and Martin Luther King III were arrested at the Sudanese Embassy in Washington, DC.
Nelly Saunders and Rose Harland fought in America's first public women's boxing match.
