Black Fact = 1929 (April 15) – Oscar DePriest was sworn in as Congressman (Illinois) on this date in 1929. DePriest served three consecutive terms and was the first black Congressman from the North. #theraydiotwins
Black Fact = (1898) John Merrick
Black Fact= 1898 (October 20) – John Merrick and six other blacks co-organized the North Carolina Mutual and Provident Life Insurance Company in Durham, NC, ...