1- Black Fact = 1929 (October 5) – Autherine Juanita Lucy, the first black student at the University of Alabama, was born in Shiloh, AL, on this date in 1929.
2- Black Fact = 1942 (October 5) – Marian Anderson, famous contralto singer, accepted an invitation to sing at the Daughters of the American Revolution’s Constitution Hall unsegregated war benefit on this date in 1942.
3-Black Fact = 1932 (October 5) – Yvonne Braithwaite Burke, the first black Congresswoman from California, was born in Los Angeles on this date in 1932. Burke was also the first woman to chair the Congressional Black Caucus.
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