1923 – IN MOORE VS. DEMPSEY, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION GUARANTEED DUE PROCESS OF LAW TO BLACKS IN STATE COURTS
2002 – FIRST BLACK PERSON TO WIN A GOLD MEDAL IN THE WINTER OLYMPICS
Vonetta Flowers became the first African American to win a Gold medal during a winter Olympic game.
Throughout the month of February, Garrett-Evangelical's Center for the Church and the Black Experience will be providing Daily Knowledge Nuggets in honor of Black History Month. Content provided by: blackhistorydaily.com, aetnaafricanamericancalendar.com/2013, and theblackmarket.com/February.
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