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| | This week in Black history - Black lawyers, boxer Thomas Hearns - Brief Article Jet - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | George H. Woodson, S. Joe Brown, Gertrude E. Rush, James B. Morris, Charles P. Howard, Sr., Wendell E. Green, C. Francis Stradford, Jesse N. Baker, William H. Haynes, George C. Adams, Charles H. Calloway and L. Amasa Knox had a mutual interest in and dedication to justice and the civil rights of all. |
 | | Thomas "Hit Man" Hearns, boxer, won the WBA welterweight crown on this day with a second-round technical knockout (TKO) of champion Jose (Pipino) Cuevas of Mexico, making him the first Black to win boxing titles in five different weight classes. |
 | | Known as one of the hardest punchers in boxing, Hearns staggered Cuevas in the 1st round with a left hook, then later a straight right, which nearly ended the bout. |
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