Slideshow: It happened this week in black history 2/6-2/12
SLIDESHOW - Buster Douglas knocked out Mike Tyson, the NAACP was founded and Nelson Mandela was set free; this is an incredibly historic week by any standard...
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Buster Douglas knocked out Mike Tyson, the NAACP was founded and Nelson Mandela was set free; this is an incredibly historic week by any standard. The slideshow below takes a look a back on some of the pivotal cultural moments that have occurred this week in African-American history.
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