Black Fact = 1968 (Jan. 4)- Dr. Melvin H. Evans was inaugurated the first elected Governor of the Virgin Islands on this date in 1971. William Henry Hastie was their first black Governor, however, the people could not elect their own Governor until 1968. #theraydiotwins
Black Fact = (1836) Henry Blair
Black Fact= 1836 (August 31) – Henry Blair, inventor, patented the Cotton Planter on this date in 1836. Henry Blair was born in Glen Ross, ...