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Black Fact = (1964) Carl T. Rowan
Black Fact = 1964 (Jan.21) – Columnist Carl T. Rowan was named Director of the U.S. Information Agency on this ... -
Black Fact = (1966)Dr. Robert Clifton Weaver
Black Fact = 1966 (Jan.18) – Dr. Robert Clifton Weaver was sworn in as Secretary of Housing and Urban Affairs ... -
Black Fact = (1985)Jerome “Brud” Holland
Black Fact = 1985 (Jan. 13) – Jerome “Brud” Holland, former President of Hampton University and former Ambassador to Sweden, ... -
Black Fact = (1984) Robert Nelson C. Nix, Jr.
Black Fact = 1984 (Jan. 6) – Robert Nelson C. Nix, Jr., the first black person to sit on a ... -
Black Fact = (1976) Patricia Roberts Harris
Black Fact = 1976 (Dec. 21)- Patricia Roberts Harris was named Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development ... -
Black Fact = (1998) A.Leon Higginbotham,Jr
Black Fact = 1998 (December 13) – A.Leon Higginbotham,Jr. jurist,scholar, teacher, and humanitarian, died. Higginbotham is well remembered for his ... -
Black Fact = (1872)P. B. S. Pinchback
Black Fact = 1872 (Dec. 8) – P. B. S. Pinchback began serving as Governor of Louisiana (the first black ... -
Black Fact = (1871) P. B. S. Pinchback
Black Facts = 1871 (Dec. 6) – P. B. S. Pinchback was elected President pro tem in the Louisiana Senate ... -
Black Fact = (1955) Interstate Commerce Commission
Black Fact = 1955 (Nov.25) -The Interstate Commerce Commission banned segregation on buses and in waiting rooms used for interstate ... -
Black Fact = (1970) Jennifer Josephine Hosten
Black Fact = 1970 (Nov. 20) – Jennifer Josephine Hosten, flight attendant and Grenada native, became the first black woman ...