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Black Fact =(1921) Noble Sissle & Eubie Blake
Black Fact = 1921(May 24) – Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake’s Shuffle Along, a pioneer musical featuring Josephine Baker, Florence ... -
Black Fact = (1959)Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr.
Black Fact = 1959 ( May 22) – Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr., the nation’s first black General in the U.S. ... -
Black Fact =(1904) Thomas “Fats” Waller
Black Fact = 1904( May 21) – Thomas “Fats” Waller, jazz pianist and composer, was born in New York City ... -
Black Fact = (1961) The Freedom Riders
Black Fact = 1961 (May 20) – The Freedom Riders were again attacked by a mob in Montgomery, AL,. Attorney ... -
Black Fact = (1925)Malcolm X (Malik el-Shabazz)
Black Fact = 1925 (May 19) – Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later Malik el-Shabazz) Muslim, Black Nationalist, and founder ... -
Black Fact = (1955) Mary McLeod Bethune
Black Fact = 1955 ( May 18) – Death of Mary McLeod Bethune (79), educator and civil rights leader, Daytona Beach, ... -
Black Fact = (1881)Frederick Augustus Douglass
Black Fact = 1881 (May 17) – Frederick Augustus Douglass was appointed Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia ... -
Black Fact = (1990,1840,1917,1966& 1979) Davis,Turner,Burleigh,Carmichael & Randolph
1- Black Fact = 1990 (May 16) – Sammy Davis Jr., actor, dancer, singer and world class entertainer dies in Beverly ... -
Black Fact = (1946) Camilla Williams
Black Fact = 1946 ( May 15) -Camilla Williams, famed opera singer, performed as “Madame Butterfly” in New York City ... -
Black Fact = (1963) Arthur Ashe
Black Fact = 1963 (May 14) – Arthur Ashe, 22 years old becomes the first African American to make the U.S. ...