Black Facts = 1943 ( Jan. 4)-William L. Dawson, Congressman from Illinois and the first black Vice Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, began his 25-year congressional career on this date in 1943. Dawson was elected November 3, 1942. #theraydiotwins
TRT-BLACKFACT = (1823) Mary Ann Shadd
Black Fact=1823 (October 9) -Mary Ann Shadd, publisher of the Provincial Freeman, was born in Wilmington, DE, on this date in 1823. As publisher of ...