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OCTOBER 12, 1937: Prentice “Earl” Sanders was born in Nacogdoches, Texas and went on to become San Francisco’s first African American Police Chief.

OCTOBER 12, 1937: Prentice “Earl” Sanders was born in Nacogdoches, Texas and went on to become San Francisco’s first African American Police Chief.

Earl Sanders was born in Texas. When he was 14 his mother died and Sanders moved to San Francisco to live with his uncle. They…

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SEPTEMBER 23, 1926: John Coltrane was born in Hamlet, North Carolina. Franco and Marina King would build a church in San Francisco in his honor.

SEPTEMBER 23, 1926: John Coltrane was born in Hamlet, North Carolina. Franco and Marina King would build a church in San Francisco in his honor.

John Coltrane (1926-1967) was one of the best American Jazz saxophonists in music history. He was at the forefront of the jazz style known as…

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