1- Black Fact = 1992 (Jan.29) Willie Dixon, blues legend and one of the originators of the “Chicago Sound,” died in Burbank, CA.
2- Black Fact = 1969 (Jan.29)- Patricia Roberts Harris was named Dean of Howard University’s Law School.
3- Black Fact = 1969 (Jan. 29) – Shirley Chisholm successfully fought against her appointment to the House Agriculture Committee and her assigned subcommittee on this date in 1969. Chisholm stated that these appointments had little relevance to issues that concerned her Brooklyn constituents.
4- Black Fact = 1954 (Jan.29) – Oprah Gail Winfrey, actress, producer, and host of her own top-rated talk show, was born in Mississippi.
5- Black Fact = 1926 ( Jan. 29)- Violette N. Anderson became the first black female lawyer admitted to practice before the Supreme Court on this date in 1926.
6- Black Fact = 1981 (Jan. 29) – William R. “Cozy” Cole, jazz drummer, dies. His recording of “Topsy” became the only drum solo to sell more than one million records.
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