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Black Fact = (1970) William L. Dawson (Politician)
Black Fact = 1970 (November 9) – William L. Dawson, Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, the first black Vice Chairman of the ... -
Black Fact = (1974) James Theodore Holly
Black Fact = 1874 (November 8 ) – James Theodore Holly, a black man who emigrated to Haiti, was consecrated ... -
Black Fact = (1785 & 1829) David Walker
Black Fact = 1785 & 1829 (September 28) – David Walker, abolitionist and author, was born on this date in ... -
Black Fact = (1970) Jimi Hendrix
Black Fact = 1970 (September 18) – Jimi Hendrix dies at the age of 27. Born in 1942, in Seattle, ... -
Black Fact = (1983)Vanessa L. Williams
Black Fact = 1983 (September 16) – Vanessa L. Williams, a 21-year-old junior at Syracuse University, captured the 1984 “Miss ... -
Black Fact = (1999) Serena Williams
Black Fact = 1999 (September 11) – Serena Williams won the U.S. Open women’s tennis grand slam on this date ... -
Black Fact = (1993)Jocelyn Minnie Elders
Black Fact= 1993 (September 7) – Jocelyn Minnie Elders became the first black U.S. Surgeon General on this date in ... -
Black Fact = (1922) Bessie Coleman
Black Fact = 1922 (September 3) Bessie Coleman, the first licensed black aviator, made her first U.S. flight on this ... -
Black Facts =(1963) W. E. B. Du Bois
Black Fact = 1963 (August 27) – W. E. B. Du Bois, activist, author, and educator, died in Ghana, West Africa, ... -
Black Fact: (1987) Bayard Rustin
Black Fact = 1987 – (August 24) – Bayard Rustin, prominent activist who directed the March on Washington (1963), died ...