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TRT-BLACKFACT = (1937) Bessie Smith
Black Fact = 1937 – Singer Bessie Smith dies of injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Clarksdale, Mississippi. Bessie ... -
TRT-BLACKFACT = (1957) The Little Rock Nine
Black Fact = 1957- The Little Rock Nine (Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Patillo, Gloria Ray, ... -
TRT-BLACK FACT = (1845) James Napier
Black Fact= 1845 – James Napier, lawyer, politician, banker, civic leader, and President of the National Negro Business League, was ... -
TRT-BLACK FACT = (1998) James Byrd Jr.
Black Fact = 1998- James Byrd, Jr., a 49-year-old black pedestrian, was brutally murdered by three white men as he ... -
TRT-BLACK FACT = (1966) Stokley Carmichael (Kwame Toure’)
Black Fact = 1966- Stokley Carmichael (Kwame Toure’), civil rights activist, launched the “Black Power” movement on this date in ... -
TRT-BLACK FACT = (1952) “Jersey” Joe Walcott
Black Fact= 1952- Jersey” Joe Walcott beat Ezzard “Quiet Tiger” Charles by points in the first nationally televised Heavyweight Boxing ... -
TRT-BLACK FACT = (1972) Angela Davis
Black Facts = 1972- Angela Davis, author, activist, and professor, was acquitted of murder, kidnapping, and other conspiracy charges on ... -
TRT-BLACK FACT = (1904) Dr. Charles Richard Drew
Black Fact = 1904 -Dr. Charles Richard Drew, pioneer in blood plasma research, was born in Washington, DC, on this ... -
TRT-BLACK FACT = (1868) John Hope
Black Fact = 1868- John Hope, educator and Morehouse President, was born on this date in 1868. Born in Augusta, ... -
TRT-BLACK FACT = (1843) Sojourner Truth (Isabella Baumfree)
Black Fact = Sojourner Truth (Isabella Baumfree), preacher, abolitionist, speaker, and women’s rights advocate, began her journey to help escaped ...