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...

Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

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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