-
Black Fact = (1873) John Rosamond Johnson
Black Fact = 1873 (August 11) – John Rosamond Johnson, actor and co-composer of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” was ... -
Black Fact = 1989 (Army General Colin L. Powell)
Black Fact= 1989 (August 10) – Army General Colin L. Powell was named Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, ... -
Black Fact = (1936) Jesse Owens
Black Fact = 1936 (August 9) – Jesse Owens won his fourth Olympic Gold Medal in Berlin on this date ... -
Black Facts = (1866) Matthew A. Henson
Black Fact = 1866 (August 8) – Matthew A. Henson, explorer and the first person to reach the North Pole, ... -
Black Fact = (1948) Alice Coachman
Black Fact = 1948 (August 7) – Alice Coachman, Tuskegee track star, set an Olympic record in the women’s high ... -
Black Fact =(1969) Gordon Alexander Buchanan Parks
Black Fact = 1969 (August ) – Gordon Alexander Buchanan Parks’ The Learning Tree,the first contemporary film directed by a black ... -
Black Fact = (1928) William A. Scott, III
Black Fact = 1928 (August 5) – William A. Scott, III founded the Atlanta Daily World on this date in ... -
Black Fact = (1901)Daniel Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong
Black Fact= 1901 (August 4) – Daniel Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, legendary trumpet player, was born in New Orleans, LA, on ... -
Black Fact = (1957)Archibald T. Carey, Jr.
Black Fact = 1957 (August 3) – Archibald T. Carey, Jr., lawyer, clergyman, judge, and diplomat, was appointed as the ... -
Black Fact = (1931,1924 & 1945) Schuyler, Baldwin & McCabe
1- Black Fact = 1931 ( August 2) – Philippa Duke Schuyler, composer, writer, and pianist, was born on this ...