Alice Walker, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of “The Color Purple”, was born in Eatontown, GA, on this date in 1944.
Leroy “Satchel” Paige was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on this date in 1971. Paige became the first player from the Negro League to receive this honor.
Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Jr. became the first Black astronaut to take a spacewalk on this date in 1995.
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You gave me a name I didn’t know: Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Jr, the first black astronaut to take a spacewalk.
Thanks, unc !