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EVB2940001: President George W. Bush center poses with sailors on the Aircraft Carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN on May 1 2003. During this visit he spoke from the flight deck with a 'mission accomplished' sign as a backdrop stating 'major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq the United States and our allies have prevailed.' / Bridgeman Images
EVB2933612: Robert McFerrin (1921-2006), made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1955, the same year as Marian Anderson. Both were the first African Americans of their genders to sing principal roles at the New York opera. 1955 portrait by Carl Van Vechten, Vechten, Carl Van (1880-1964) / Bridgeman Images