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Black Fact = (1973) Arna W. Bontemps
Black Fact = 1973 (May 4) – Arna W. Bontemps, poet, author, and educator, died in Nashville, TN, on this ... -
Black Fact = (1949)Wesley A. Brown
Black Fact = 1949 (May 3) – Wesley A. Brown became the first black person to graduate from the Annapolis ... -
Black Fact = (1875 & 1971) – James Augustine Healy & Captain Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr.
1- Black Fact = 1875 (June 2) – James Augustine Healy was consecrated the first black Roman Catholic Bishop in ... -
Black Fact = (1843)Sojourner Truth (Isabella Baumfree)
Black Fact = 1843 (June 1) – Sojourner Truth (Isabella Baumfree), preacher, abolitionist, speaker, and women’s rights advocate, began her ... -
Black Fact = (1921) Greenwood Tulsa Oklahoma Massacre
Black Fact = 1921 (May 31) – “Greenwood Tulsa Oklahoma Massacre” The affluent Greenwood section of Tulsa, OK, was destroyed ... -
Black Fact = (1965) Vivian Malone
Black Fact = 1965 (May 30) – Vivian Malone became the first black graduate of the University of Alabama on this ... -
Black Fact =(1970,1851,1973 & 1980) Newton,Truth,Bradley & Jordan
1- Black Facts = 1970 (May 29) – Huey P. Newton’s manslaughter conviction for allegedly killing a police officer was ... -
Black Fact = (1963)Medgar Evers
Black Fact = 1963 (May 28) – The home of civil rights activist, Medgar Evers, was bombed on this date ... -
Black Fact =(1958 up to 1861)Ernest Gideon Green…
1- Black Fact = 1958 ( May 27) – Ernest Gideon Green 1 of the Little Rock 9) became the ... -
Black Fact = (1956, 1968 & 1872) Gibson, Lucas & Marshall
1- Black Fact = 1956 (May 26) – Althea Gibson, tennis legend, won the women’s singles championship in the French ...