Black Fact = (1940) Wilma Rudolph

Black Fact = 1940 (June 23) – Wilma Rudolph, the first American woman to win three Olympic Gold Medals in track and field in one year, was born in Clarksville, TN, on this date in 1940. Rudolph accomplished this feat although stricken with polio at an early age.

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Black Fact: (1871) Joseph H. Douglass

Black Fact = 1871 (July 3) –Joseph H. Douglass (1871-1935), celebrated violinist and grandson of Frederick Douglass, was born in Washington, DC, on this date ...