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Black Fact = (1948) Alice Coachman
Black Fact = 1948 (August 7) – Alice Coachman, Tuskegee track star, set an Olympic record in the women’s high ... -
Black Fact =(1969) Gordon Alexander Buchanan Parks
Black Fact = 1969 (August ) – Gordon Alexander Buchanan Parks’ The Learning Tree,the first contemporary film directed by a black ... -
Black Fact = (1928) William A. Scott, III
Black Fact = 1928 (August 5) – William A. Scott, III founded the Atlanta Daily World on this date in ... -
Black Fact = (1901)Daniel Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong
Black Fact= 1901 (August 4) – Daniel Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, legendary trumpet player, was born in New Orleans, LA, on ... -
Black Fact = (1957)Archibald T. Carey, Jr.
Black Fact = 1957 (August 3) – Archibald T. Carey, Jr., lawyer, clergyman, judge, and diplomat, was appointed as the ... -
Black Fact = (1931,1924 & 1945) Schuyler, Baldwin & McCabe
1- Black Fact = 1931 ( August 2) – Philippa Duke Schuyler, composer, writer, and pianist, was born on this ... -
Black Fact = (1874) Charles Clinton Spaulding
Black Fact= 1874 (August 1) – Charles Clinton Spaulding, businessman who helped the NC Mutual Insurance Co. grow from $350 ... -
Black Fact = (1967) Riot, Milwaukee, July 30-August 3
Black Fact = 1967 (July 30) – Riot, Milwaukee, July 30-August 3. National Guard mobilized. Four persons killed. On this ... -
Black Fact = (1996) Carl Lewis
Black Fact= 1996 (July 29) – Carl Lewis won his fourth consecutive Olympic Gold Medal (1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996) ... -
Black Fact = (1917) W. E. B. Du Bois and James Weldon Johnson
Black Fact= 1917 (July 28)- The New York City Fifth Avenue March, a march organized by the NAACP with 10,000 ...