Black Fact=1967 (Nov. 7) – Carl B. Stokes (Cleveland, OH) and Richard G. Hatcher (Gary, IN) won mayoral elections on this date in 1967. Stokes was the first black person to serve as mayor of a major American city. #theraydiotwins
Black Fact = (1972) Lorraine Hansberry
Black Fact = 1972 (March 11) – Lorraine Hansberry’s drama, A Raisin in the Sun, opened at the Barrymore Theatre in New York on March ...