Walter Mondale, the leading Democratic presidential candidate, announced
that he had chosen Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York as his
running mate. Ferraro, a daughter of Italian immigrants, had previously
gained recognition as a vocal advocate of women’s rights in Congress. She
became the first female vice presidential candidate to represent a major
political party.

Four days after Ferraro was named vice presidential candidate, Governor
Mario Cuomo of New York opened the Democratic National Convention in
San Francisco.

Rep. Geraldine Ferraro and Democratic Presidential Candidate
Walter Mondale.

Geraldine Anne "Gerry" Ferraro (August 26, 1935 – March 26, 2011)

Niagara Movement members began meeting on the Canadian side of the
Niagara Falls on this day in 1905. This all-African American group of
scholars, lawyers and businessmen came together for three days to
create what would soon become a powerful post-slavery Black rights
organization. Although it only lasted five years, the Niagara Movement
was an influential precursor to the civil rights movement of the mid-20th
century.

Booker Taliaferro Washington
(April 18, 1856 – November 14, 1915)

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Charles Edward Daniels (October 28, 1936 – July 6, 2020)

Country Music legend Charlie Daniels, best known for his monster 1979 hit
“The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” died Monday at Summit Medical Center
in Hermitage, Tenn., where doctors determined his cause of death as a
hemorrhagic stroke.

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