Slideshow: It happened this week in black history 1/29-2/5

In Cairo, Georgia on January 31, 1919, baseball great Jackie Robinson was born. The fifth African American to play major league baseball with a white team, Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, ending five decades of segregated baseball.

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On January 30, 2005, Coretta Scott King, the widow of assassinated civil rights leader Martin Luther King Junior, died in Rosarito Beach, Mexico. She was 78 years old.

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On January 31, 1993, Michael Jackson and 3,500 children performed during halftime at the Super Bowl. He sang a variety of his hits, including "Heal The World."

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On January 31, 1865, Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment which, on ratification, abolished slavery in America. The vote in the House was 121 to 24.

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On January 31, 2010, it was a big night for Beyonce. She won six Grammys, more than any other woman had won in a single night.

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James Baldwin's influential collection of essays The Fire Next Time is published

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On February 1, 1960, four students form North Carolina A&T College started Sit-in movement at Greensboro, N.C., five-and-dime store. By February 10 movement had spread to fifteen Southern cities in five states.

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On February 1, 2004, it was the "wardrobe malfunction" seen around the world. During the Super Bowl halftime show, Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson were performing. At the end of their duet, Timberlake grabbed the front of Jackson's outfit, exposing her bare right breast.

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On Feburary 2, 1948, President Truman sent Congress a special message urging adoption of a civil rights program, including a fair employment practices commission and anti-lynching and anti-poll tax measures.

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On February 4, 1997, J.C. Watts becomes the first African-American selected to respond to a state of the union address.

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