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Black Fact = (1950) Edith Sampson
Black Fact = 1950 (August 24) – Edith Sampson, noted lawyer and judge, was appointed as the first black delegate ... -
Black Fact= (1954) Philip Emeagwali
Black Fact = 1954 ( August 23) – Inventor Philip Emeagwali was born in Akure, Nigeria. Philip Emeagwali is credited for ... -
Black Fact =(1989) Huey P. Newton
Black Fact = 1989 (August 22) – Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, was killed in Oakland, ... -
Black Fact = (1943) Harriet M. Waddy [West]
Black Fact = 1943 (August 21) – Harriet M. Waddy [West] became the Women’s Army Corps’ (WAC) first black female Major ... -
Black Fact = (2000) Tiger Woods
Black Fact = 2000 (August 20) – Tiger Woods was named PGA Player of the Year and the Associated Press ... -
Black Fact = (1963) James Meredith
Black Fact = 1963 (August 18) – James Meredith, the first black person admitted to the University of Mississippi, graduated ... -
Black Fact = (1887) Marcus Garvey
Black Fact = 1887 (August 17) – Marcus Garvey, the father of the black nationalist and pan african movements was ... -
Black Fact = (1970) Angela Davis
Black Fact = 1970 (August 16) – Activist, Angela Davis was named in a federal warrant issued in connected with ... -
Black Fact = (1854)Henry Highland Garnet
Black Fact = 1854 (August 15) – Henry Highland Garnet, a 27-year-old Presbyterian pastor, called for a slave revolt and ... -
Black Fact = (1883)Ernest E. Just
Black Fact = 1883 (August 14) – Ernest E. Just, internationally renowned biologist and pioneer of cell division, was born ...