August 31

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  August 30, 1901 · Born

  Roy Wilkins is born. Roy Wilkins →

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  August 30, 2006 · Died

  Naguib Mahfouz dies. Naguib Mahfouz →

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  September 2, 1933 · Born

  Mathieu Kérékou is born. Mathieu Kérékou →

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  August 28, 1963 · Event

  March on Washington: 250,000 hear 'I Have a Dream'. Martin Luther King Jr. →

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  August 27, 1963 · Died

  W. E. B. Du Bois dies in Accra, on the eve of the March on Washington. W. E. B. Du Bois →

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  August 27, 1975 · Died

  Haile Selassie dies. Haile Selassie →

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