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Black Fact = (1835 & 1917) Garrison & Gillespie
1- Black Fact = 1835 (October 21) – William Lloyd Garrison, publisher of the Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper, was drug ... -
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 ... -
Black Fact = (1870)Robert Brown Elliott, Robert C. DeLarge, & Joseph H. Rainey
Black Fact = 1870 (October 19) – Robert Brown Elliott, Robert C. DeLarge, and Joseph H. Rainey, all South Carolinians, ... -
Black Fact = (1926) Chuck Berry
Black Fact = 1926 (October 18)- Charles Edward Alexander “Chuck” Berry, rock-and-roll superstar, was born in San Jose, CA, on ... -
Black Fact = (1711,1817 & 1956) Hammon,Ward & Jemison
1- Black Fact = 1711 (October 17) – Jupiter Hammon, the first published black poet, was born a slave in ... -
Black Fact = (1968) Tommie Smith and John Carlos ✊🏽
Black Fact = 1968 (October 15) – Tommie Smith and John Carlos (wearing gloves and socks) rose their fists in ... -
Black Fact = (1834) Henry Blair
Black Fact = 1834 (October 14) – Henry Blair, inventor, patented the Corn Planter on this date in 1834. Henry ... -
Black Fact = (1917 & 1978) Monk & Metcalf
1- Black Fact = 1917 (October 10) – Jazz pianist Theolonius Monk is born in Rocky Mount, NC. He was ... -
Black Fact = (1934,1993,1979,1984 & 1821)Baraka, Morrison, Sampson, Payton & Still
1- Black Fact = 1934 (October 7)- Imamu Amiri Baraka (Leroy Jones), poet and activist, was born in Newark, NJ, ... -
Black Fact = (1917 & 1924) Hamer & Lowery
1- Black Fact = 1917 (October 6)- Fannie Lou Hamer, freedom-fighter, activist, and founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party ...