Slideshow: It happened this week in black history 2/13-2/19

On February 13, 1920, the National Negro Baseball League was organized. Pictured here is two time Negro League World Series champion Josh Gibson.

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On February 13, 1988, Michael Jackson, purchased a Santa Ynez CA ranch. He later named it Neverland (and it housed an amusement park, a full size movie theatre, and a zoo).

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On February 14, 1867, Morehouse College was founded as Augusta Institute. In this photo audience members look on during a meeting where Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Filmmaker Spike Lee, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., and others called for more black men to become teachers at Morehouse on Jan. 31, 2011.

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On February 15, 1963, Michael Jordan, arguably the greatest basketball player of all time was born in Brooklyn, NY. He's pictured here participating in the slam dunk competition

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On February 15, 1964, Louis Armstrong's "Hello Dolly" recording becomes his first and only number one record.

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On January 16, 1970, Joe Frazier (right) becomes heavyweight boxing champion after knocking defeating Jimmy Ellis with a TKO in the fifth round.

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On February 17,1942, Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party was born. He's pictured here at the Revolutionary People's Party Constitutional Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early September 1970.

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On February 16, 1972, NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain scores his 30,000 point, becoming the first basketball player to reach this milestone.

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On February 18, 2006, speedskater Shani Davis becomes the first black person to be awarded with an individual gold medal in the Winter Olympics (2006)

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February 19, 1942, the Army Air Corps' all African-American 100th Pursuit Squadron, later designated a fighter squadron, was activated at Tuskegee Institute. The squadron served honorably in England and in other regions of the European continent during World War II.

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