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Black Fact = (1999) Venus & Serena Williams
Black Fact = 1999 (Feb. 27) – Tennis sensations, Venus and Serena Williams both won tournaments on this date in ... -
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 = (1936) Barbara Jordan
Black Fact = 1936 (Feb. 21) – Barbara Jordan, lawyer, educator, Congresswoman, and the first black person to give the keynote ... -
Black Fact = (1970) Joe Frazier
Black Fact= 1970- Joe Frazier knocked out Jimmy Ellis in New York City to become the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion ... -
Black Fact = (1968) Henry Lewis
Black Fact = 1968 (Feb.15) – Henry Lewis was named Director of the New Jersey Symphony on this date in ... -
Black Fact = (1989) Ronald H. Brown
Black Fact = 1989 (Feb. 10) – Ronald (Ron) H. Brown was elected Chairman of the Democratic National Committee on ... -
Black Fact = (1906) Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Black Fact= 1906 (Feb. 9) – Paul Laurence Dunbar, renowned poet and novelist, died in Dayton, OH, on this date ... -
Black Fact (1926) Violette N. Anderson
Black Fact = 1926 (Jan. 29) – Violette N. Anderson became the first black female lawyer admitted to practice before ... -
Season 4 Premiere of Starz ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ will air March 7.
The fourth season of the “Power” spinoff series will debut on March 7,2025. New episodes will be available to stream ... -
Black Fact = (1869) Will Marion Cook
Black Fact= 1869 ( Jan. 27) – Will Marion Cook, musical composer/conductor and developer of the syncopated ragtime style, was ...