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Black Fact = (1843) Elijah “The Real” McCoy
Black Fact = 1843 ( May 2) Elijah “The Real” McCoy, inventor and holder of around 57 patents, was born in ... -
Black Fact = (1991) Rickey Henderson
Black Fact – 1991 (May 1) – Rickey Henderson became Major League Baseball’s all-time leader in stolen bases on this ... -
Black Fact = (1926) Bessie Coleman
Black Fact – 1926 (April 29) – Bessie Coleman, the first licensed black aviator, was killed in an airplane accident ... -
Black Fact = (1983) Gloria Naylor
Black Fact = 1983 (April 28) – Gloria Naylor won the “American Book Award” for best novel for her work, ... -
Black Fact = (1892) Sarah Boone
Black Fact = 1892 (April 26) – Sarah Boone, inventor, patented the Ironing Board on this date in 1892. Patent ... -
Black Fact – (1944) Dr. Frederick Douglass Patterson
Black Fact = 1944 (April 25) – The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) was founded by Dr. Frederick Douglass Patterson ... -
Black Fact = (1965) Maj. Gen. Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr.
Black Fact = 1965 (April 16) – Assistant Deputy Chief of staff of the US Air Force, Maj. Gen. Benjamin ... -
Black Fact = (1789) Benjamin Banneker
Black Fact = 1789 (April 14) – Benjamin Banneker, inventor, surveyor, mathematician, astronomer, and one of the planners of Washington ... -
Black Fact = (1956) Nat King Cole
Black Fact= 1956 (April 11) – Nat King Cole, world-renowned singer, was attacked by a mob of white supremacists while ... -
Black Fact = (1941) Dr. George Washington Carver
Black Fact = 1941 (April 9) – Dr. George Washington Carver, scientist and discoverer of over 300 products from the peanut ...