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Black Fact = (1977) Drew Days
Black Fact = 1977 (Jan. 27) – Drew Days was selected as the first black Assistant Attorney General in charge ... -
Black Fact = (1847) Martin Robinson Delany
Black Fact= 1847 (Jan. 24) – Martin Robinson Delany, ethnologist, army officer, politician, and black nationalist, died on this date ... -
Black Fact = (1958) Althea Gibson
Black Fact= 1958 (Jan. 23) – Althea Gibson was named “Female Athlete of the Year,” becoming the first black female ... -
Black Fact = (1977) Clifford Alexander, Jr.
Black Fact = 1977 (Jan. 19) – Clifford Alexander, Jr. was named as the first black Secretary of the U.S. ... -
Black Fact = (1981, 1873 & 1975) Frank, Pinchback & Coleman
1- Black Fact = 1981 (Jan. 14) – James Frank, the President of Lincoln University (MO), was named as the ... -
Black Fact = (1990) Marcelite J. Harris
Black Fact = 1990 (Jan.10) – Forty-six-year-old Houston, TX, native, Marcelite J. Harris, was named Brigadier General in the U.S. ... -
Black Fact = (1955) Marian Anderson
Black Fact = 1955 (Jan. 7) – Marian Anderson became the first black person to appear at the Metropolitan Opera ... -
Black Fact = (1968) Dr. Melvin H. Evans
Black Fact = 1968 (Jan. 4)- Dr. Melvin H. Evans was inaugurated the first elected Governor of the Virgin Islands ... -
Black Fact = (1956) Bill Russell
Black Fact = 1956 (December 23) Bill Russell, NBA basketball legend, played his first game with the Boston Celtics on ... -
Black Fact = (1930) James Weldon Johnson
Black Fact = 1930 (December 19) – James Weldon Johnson, co-composer of the “Negro National Anthem,” resigned as the Executive ...