Black Fact = (1785 & 1829) David Walker

Black Fact = 1785 & 1829 (September 28) – David Walker, abolitionist and author, was born on this date in 1785. Walker published his famous essay, Walker’s Appeal to the Colored People of the World, on this date in 1829. The essay denounced slavery and called for blacks to mobilize and rise up against it. #theraydiotwins 

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Black Fact = (1976) Barbara Jordan

Black Fact = 1976 (July 12) – Texas Congresswoman, Barbara Jordan, became the first black person to give the keynote address at a national political convention ...