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TRT- BLACKFACT = (1967) Carl B. Stokes and Richard G. Hatcher
Black Fact=1967 (Nov. 7) – Carl B. Stokes (Cleveland, OH) and Richard G. Hatcher (Gary, IN) won mayoral elections on ... -
TRT- BLACKFACT = (1973) Coleman Young and Thomas Bradley
Black Fact = 1973 (Nov. 6) – Coleman Young was elected mayor of Detroit, MI, on this date. Thomas Bradley ... -
TRT- BLACKFACT = (1974) Shirley Chisholm
Black Fact = 1974(Nov.5) – Shirley Chisholm, a New York Democrat, is the 1st African American woman elected to Congress. ... -
TRT- BLACKFACT = (1879) Thomas Elkins
Black Fact= 1879 (November 4) – Thomas Elkins patented a Refrigerating Apparatus on this date in 1879. Patent # 221,222. ... -
TRT- BLACKFACT = (1868) John Willis Menard
Black Fact = 1868 (Nov. 3)- John Willis Menard became the first black person elected to Congress on this date ... -
TRT- BLACKFACT = (1930) Haile Selassie
Black Fact = 1930 (Nov. 2)- Haile Selassie became Emperor of Ethiopia on this date in 1930. Many Jamaicans and ... -
TRT- BLACKFACT = (1945) John H Johnson
Black Fact = 1945 (Nov. 1)- John H Johnson publishes 1st issue of Ebony Magazine1942 – John H. Johnson published ... -
TRT- BLACKFACT = (1900) Ethel Waters
Black Fact = 1900 (Oct. 31)- Ethel Waters, famed blues singer and actress, was born in Chester, PA, on this ... -
TRT- BLACKFACT = (1974) Muhammad Ali defeated George Foreman
Black Fact = 1974 (Oct.30) Muhammad Ali defeated George Foreman to regain the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in Kinshasa, Zaire, ... -
TRT- BLACKFACT = (1931) William Grant Still
Black Fact = 1931- William Grant Still’s “Afro-American Symphony” was first presented by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra on this date ...