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Black Fact = (1957) Althea Gibson
Black Fact= 1957 (July 6) – Althea Gibson, tennis legend, won the women’s Wimbledon Singles Championship on this date in ... -
Black Fact = (1852) Frederick Augustus Douglass
Black Fact = 1852 (July 5) – Frederick Augustus Douglass described the Fourth of July as a sham in his ... -
Black Fact =(1881) Booker T. Washington
Black Fact = 1881 (July 4)-Tuskegee Institute opened with a student body of 30 on this date in 1881. Booker ... -
Black Fact = (1962) Jackie Robinson
Black Fact = 1962- Jackie Robinson, the first black baseball player in the major leagues, became the first black person ... -
Black Fact = (1908) Thurgood Marshall
Black Fact= 1908 (July 2) -Thurgood Marshall, the first black Supreme Court Justice, was born in Baltimore, MD, on this ... -
Black Fact = (1899) Thomas A. Dorsey
Black Fact= 1899 (July 1) – Thomas A. Dorsey, the “Father of Gospel Music,” was born in Villa Rica, GA, ... -
Black Fact = (1967 & 1949) Major Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. & Dr. William A. Hinton
– Black Fact = 1967 (June 30) – Major Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. was named as the first black astronaut ... -
Black Fact = (1886) James Van Der Zee
Black Fact= 1886 (June 29) – James Van Der Zee, photographer, famous for his works in the “Harlem Renaissance,” was ... -
Black Fact = Joe Louis defeats “Jersey” Jo Walcott
Black Fact = 1948 (1948) – Joe Louis won the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion by knocking out “Jersey” Jo Walcott ... -
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 ...