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 = (1904) Mary McLeod Bethune
Black Fact = 1904 (October 3) – Mary McLeod Bethune, educator and civil rights leader, opened Bethune-Cookman College, originally named Daytona Normal and Industrial School, ...