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TRT-BLACKFACT = (1975) Virgie M.Ammons
Black Fact = 1975 – Virgie M.Ammons patents fireplace damper actuator. Virgie M. Ammons of Eglon, West Virginia “Inside the ... -
TRT-BLACKFACT = (2001) Mable Fairbanks
Black Fact = 2001 – Figure skating pioneer Mable Fairbanks dies.Mabel Fairbanks, 85, the first black women to be inducted ... -
TRT-BLACKFACT = (1991) Miles Davis
Black Fact = 1991 – Jazz Innovator Miles Davis dies.Jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis died in Santa Monica, California ... -
TRT-BLACKFACT = (1912) William C.Handy
Black Fact =1912- William Christopher Handy, “Father of the Blues,” revolutionized the music world by publishing the “Memphis Blues,” the ... -
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 ...