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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 ... -
Black Fact = (1976) Young
Black Fact = 1976 (December 16) – Andrew Jackson Young, Jr.,politician, activist, and diplomat, was named Ambassador and Chief U.S.Delegate to ... -
Black Fact = (1934) Walker
Black Facts = 1934 (December 15) – Maggie Lena Walker, business woman and the first black woman to organize and ... -
Black Fact = (1870) Rainey
Black Fact= 1870(December 12) – Joseph Hayne Rainey of South Carolina became the first black person to be sworn into ... -
Black Fact = (1964) – King
Black Fact = 1964 (December 10) – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Baptist minister and civil rights activist, was awarded ... -
Black Fact = (1971) Bunche
Black Fact= 1971 (December 9) – Dr.Ralph Johnson Bunche, “Nobel Peace Prize” winner and Undersecretary of the United Nations (1955-1971), ... -
Black Fact = (1871) Pinchback
Black Fact = 1871 ( December 6) – P. B. S. (Pinckney Benton Stewart) Pinchback was elected President pro tem ...