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Black Fact =(1926)Theodore “Tiger” Flowers
Black Fact = 1926 (Feb.26) – Theodore “Tiger” Flowers, defeated Harry Greb and became the first black World Middleweight Boxing ... -
Black Fact =(1964)Casius Clay
Black Fact = 1964 (Feb.25) – Casius Clay, boxing legend, changed his name to Muhammad Ali after converting to Islam ... -
Black Fact =(1811)Daniel Alexander Payne
Black Fact=1811 (Feb.24) – Daniel Alexander Payne, educator and pastor in the AME Church, was born on this date in ... -
Black Fact =(1965)Constance Baker Motley
Black Fact = 1965 ( Feb. 23)- Constance Baker Motley was elected President of the Manhattan Borough on this date ... -
Black Fact =(1950) Julius “Dr. J.” Erving
Black Fact = 1950 (Feb. 22) – Julius “Dr. J.” Erving, basketball legend, was born in Roosevelt, NY, on this ... -
Black Fact =(1919) Frederick Augusta Douglass
Black Fact= 1895 (Feb. 20)- Frederick Augusta Douglass, orator and activist, died in Washington, DC, on this date in 1895. ... -
Black Fact =(1919) W. E. B. Du Bois
Black Fact = 1919 (Feb. 19)- W. E. B. Du Bois, activist, author, and educator, organized the first Pan African ... -
Black Fact =(1931)Toni Morrison
Black Fact = 1931 (Feb.18) – On this day Toni Morrison (born Chloe Anthony Wofford), who will win the Pulitzer ... -
Black Fact =(1982)Thelonious Monk
Black Fact = 1982 (Feb.17) – Thelonious Monk, famed jazz pianist, died in Englewood, NJ, on this date. Monk, whose ... -
Black Fact =(1923)Bessie Smith
Black Fact = 1923 (Feb. 16) – On this day Bessie Smith makes her first recording, “Down Hearted Blues,” which ...