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HAPPY BIRTHDAY…Marvin Pentz Gay,Jr (1939-1984)
HAPPY Heavenly BIRTHDAY to – Marvin Pentz Gay,Jr .(April 2,1939 – April 1,1984)(he later added the “e” in his surname) ... -
Black Fact = (1918) Charles White
Black Fact = (April 2) 1918 – Charles White, internationally praised artist, was born in Chicago, IL, on this date in ... -
HAPPY BIRTHDAY…Gilbert “Gil” Scott-Heron (1949-2011)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Gilbert “Gil” Scott-Heron (April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011) was an American soul and jazz poet, ... -
Black Fact = (1917) – Scott Joplin
Black Fact = 1917 ( April 1) – Scott Joplin dies in New York City. Joplin was one of the early ... -
Black Fact =(1878,1980,1948,1890)Johnson,Owens,Randolph,Dixon
1. Black Fact = (March 31)- 1878- Jack Johnson, boxing’s first black Heavyweight Champion, was born in Galveston, TX, on ... -
Black Fact =(1963) Captain Edward Joseph (Ed) Dwight, Jr.
Black Fact – 1963 (March 30) – Captain Edward Joseph (Ed) Dwight, Jr. became the first black candidate for astronaut trainingon ... -
Black Fact = (1904)Granville T. Woods
Black Fact = 1904 (March 29) – Granville T. Woods, along with his brother Lyates, patented the first of two ... -
Black Fact =(1972) Fleeta Drumgo and John Cluchette
Black Fact = 1972 (March 27) – Fleeta Drumgo and John Cluchette, the two surviving Soledad Brothers, were acquitted on ... -
Black Fact= (1872,1831,1866,1911,1937,1962) T.Martin, R.Allen,G.McGuire, W.H.Lewis,W.H. Hastie,A.Savage
1- Black Fact – 1872 – Thomas J.Martin is awarded a patent for the fire extinguisher. In 1872, Thomas J. Martin ... -
Black Fact = (1931) Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Black Fact = 1931 (March 25)- Ida B. Wells-Barnett, reformer who gathered the first statistical records on lynchings in the ...