-
Black Fact = (1890) George “Little Chocolate” Dixon
Black Fact = 1890 (June 27) – George “Little Chocolate” Dixon won the World Bantamweight Boxing Championship, on this date ... -
Black Music
Month Artist …Nat King Cole
Black Music Month Artist … Nat King Cole (1919-1965) was an American musician who first came to prominence as a jazz ... -
Black Fact = (1993) Roy Campenella
Black Fact= 1993 (June 26). – Roy Campenella, legendary Brooklyn Dodgers catcher and three-time National League MVP, died in Woodland ... -
Black Fact =(1941) Asa Philip Randolph
Black Fact = 1941 (June 25) – Asa Philip Randolph called off a scheduled march when President Franklin Roosevelt issued ... -
Black Fact = (1936) Mary McLeod Bethune
Black Fact = 1936 (June 24) – Mary McLeod Bethune, founder-president of Bethune-Cookman College, named director of Negro Affairs of ... -
Black Fact = (1940) Wilma Rudolph
Black Fact = 1940 (June 23) – Wilma Rudolph, the first American woman to win three Olympic Gold Medals in ... -
Black Fact = (1938) Joe Louis
Black Fact= 1938 (June 22) – Joe Louis, famous boxer, knocked out German boxer, Max Schmeling, on this date in ... -
Black Fact = (1964) James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner
Black Fact= 1964 (June 21) – James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, CORE members and activists on a ... -
Black Fact = ( 1967) Muhammad Ali
Black Fact = 1967 (June 20) – A Houston, TX, federal court convicted Muhammad Ali of violating the Selective Services ... -
Black Fact = (1865) Juneteenth 19th
Black Fact= 1865 ( June 19) -Juneteenth is celebrated by many Blacks on this date annually. It marks the day ...