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Black Fact = (1848) Frederick Augustus Douglass
Black Fact = 1848 ( July 19)- Frederick Augustus Douglass was the only male to play a prominent role at ... -
Black Fact = (1899) L. C. Bailey
Black Fact = 1899- L. C. Bailey, inventor, patented the Folding Bed for passenger train sleeping compartments on this date ... -
Black Fact =(1967) John W. Coltrane
Black Fact = 1967 (July 17) – John W. Coltrane, innovative jazz legend, died on this date in 1967. Only ... -
Black Facts = (1977) Janelle Penny Commissiong
Black Fact = 1977 ( July 16) – Janelle Penny Commissiong of Trinidad and Tobago became the first black person ... -
Black Fact = (1867) Maggie Lena Walker
Black Fact = 1867 (July 15) – Maggie Lena Walker, business and civic leader, was born in Richmond, VA, on ... -
Black Fact = (1867) Maggie Lena Walker
Black Fact= 1867 ( July 14) – Maggie Lena Walker, business and civic leader, was born in Richmond, VA, on ... -
Black Fact = (1972) Shirley Chisholm
Black Fact = 1972 – Shirley Chisholm became the first African American Presidential nominee, with 151 votes from the delegates ... -
Black Fact = (1976) Barbara Jordan
Black Fact = 1976 (July 12) – Texas Congresswoman, Barbara Jordan, became the first black person to give the keynote address ... -
Black Fact = (1962) Martin Luther King Jr.
Black Fact = 1962 (July 10) – Martin Luther King Jr. arrested during demonstration in Albany, Georgia. Following the unsuccessful ... -
Black Fact= (1893) Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
Black Fact = 1893(July 9) – Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed the world’s first successful open-heart surgery without anesthesia at ...