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Black Fact: (1871) Joseph H. Douglass
Black Fact = 1871 (July 3) –Joseph H. Douglass (1871-1935), celebrated violinist and grandson of Frederick Douglass, was born in ... -
Black Fact = (1920) Hazel Dorothy Scott
BlackFact = 1920 (June 11) – Hazel Dorothy Scott, famed pianist and singer, was born in Trinidad on this date ... -
Black Fact = (1979) BLACK MUSIC 🎶 MONTH
Black Fact = 1979 (June 1) – BLACK MUSIC MOMTH is a month-long observance, which was first inducted on June ... -
Black Fact = (1965) Vivian Malone
Black Fact = 1965 (May 30) – Vivian Malone became the first black student to graduate from the formerly segregated ... -
Black Fact = (1936 & 1935) Jesse Owens
Black Fact = 1936 (May 25) – Jesse Owens, winner of four Olympic Gold Medals in Berlin (1936), broke five ... -
Black Fact = (1991) Willy T. Ribbs
Black Fact = 1991 (May 19) – Willy T. Ribbs became the first black driver to qualify for the Indianapolis ... -
Black Fact = (1875) Oliver Lewis
Black Fact = 1875 (May 17) – Oliver Lewis, a black jockey, won the first Kentucky Derby on this date ... -
Black Fact = (1966 & 1840) Carmichael & Turner
1- Black Fat = 1966 (May 16) – The Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee named Stokley Carmichael (Kwame Toure’) as its ... -
Black Fact = (1913) Clara Stanton Jones
Black Fact = 1913 (May 14) – Clara Stanton Jones, the first black person to head the American Library Association, ... -
Black Fact = (1891) Isaac Burns Murphy
Black Fact = 1891 (May 12) – Isaac Burns Murphy, jockey who rode a horse named “Kingman,” became the first ...