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May 25th

2 events recorded on The Ledger.

  1. 1919
    The Rise

    Madam C.J. Walker dies

    Madam C.J. Walker dies at Villa Lewaro in Irvington, New York, the first self-made female millionaire in American history. Her estate exceeds one million dollars.

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  2. 2020
    The Record

    George Floyd killed in Minneapolis

    Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneels on the neck of forty-six-year-old George Perry Floyd Jr. for nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds outside Cup Foods at 38th and Chicago. Seventeen-year-old Darnella Frazier records the video. By mid-June an estimated fifteen to twenty-six million people have joined protests across the United States.

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