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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 = (1906) Leroy “Satchel” Paige
Black Fact= 1906 (July 7) – Leroy “Satchel” Paige, the first Negro League player elected to the Baseball Hall of ... -
Black Fact = (1957) Althea Gibson
Black Fact= 1957 (July 6) – Althea Gibson, tennis legend, won the women’s Wimbledon Singles Championship on this date in ... -
Black Fact = (1852) Frederick Augustus Douglass
Black Fact = 1852 (July 5) – Frederick Augustus Douglass described the Fourth of July as a sham in his ... -
Black Fact =(1881) Booker T. Washington
Black Fact = 1881 (July 4)-Tuskegee Institute opened with a student body of 30 on this date in 1881. Booker ... -
Black Fact = (1962) Jackie Robinson
Black Fact = 1962- Jackie Robinson, the first black baseball player in the major leagues, became the first black person ... -
Black Fact = (1908) Thurgood Marshall
Black Fact= 1908 (July 2) -Thurgood Marshall, the first black Supreme Court Justice, was born in Baltimore, MD, on this ...