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Black Fact =(1997)Dr. Isaac B. Horton, III
Black Fact= 1997 (Jan. 26) – Dr. Isaac B. Horton, III, founder of Remote Source Lighting International, Inc. (RSLI), provided ... -
Black Fact =(1944)Angela Davis
Black Fact = 1944 (Jan.26) – Angela Davis, author, activist, and professor was born in Birmingham, AL, on this date. ... -
Black Fact =(1972)Shirley Chisholm
Black Fact= 1972 ( Jan. 25) – Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress, opened her historic campaign ... -
Black Fact =(1993)Thurgood Marshall
Black Fact = 1993(Jan. 24)- Thurgood Marshall, the first black U.S. Supreme Court Justice, died at the Bethesda Navy Medical ... -
Black Fact =(1965) 1964 Civil Rights Act
Black Fact= 1965 (Jan. 22) – The U.S. Office of Education announced that 199 Southern colleges had agreed to comply ... -
Black Fact =(1870)Hiram Rhodes Revels
Black Fact = 1870 (Jan. 20) – Hiram Rhodes Revels (Mississippi) was elected as the first black U.S. Senator on ... -
Black Fact =(1848)Lewis Temple
Black Fact = 1848 (Jan. 19) – Lewis Temple, invented the “Temple-Toggle” on this date in. This invention revolutionized the ... -
Black Fact =(1865)Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
Black Fact = 1865 (Jan. 18) – Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, educator and pioneer heart surgeon, was born on this ... -
Black Fact =(1924)Jewel Plummer Cobb
Black Fact = 1924 (Jan. 17) – Jewel Plummer Cobb was born on this date. She was cancer research biologist, ... -
Black Fact =(1942)Muhammad Ali / HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Black Fact=1942 (Jan. 17) -Muhammad Ali, activist and three-time world heavyweight boxing champion, was born in Louisville, KY, on this ...