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American inventor of the electric telegraph—and the Morse code used to send text messages over distantly separated wires.
Wife of Martin Luther King Jr. who continued his legacy of civil rights activism after his assassination in 1968.
Pulitzer-winning playwright best known for "Fences," "The Piano Lesson" and other dramas about the 20-century Black experience.
Sugar becomes the first household staple rationed as part of the US war effort. The government issues ration books with tear-out stamps allowing every American, kids included, to buy 26 pounds of sugar per year.
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