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Black Fact = (1874) Charles Clinton Spaulding
Black Fact= 1874 (August 1) – Charles Clinton Spaulding, businessman who helped the NC Mutual Insurance Co. grow from $350 ... -
Black Fact = (1967) Riot, Milwaukee, July 30-August 3
Black Fact = 1967 (July 30) – Riot, Milwaukee, July 30-August 3. National Guard mobilized. Four persons killed. On this ... -
Black Fact = (1996) Carl Lewis
Black Fact= 1996 (July 29) – Carl Lewis won his fourth consecutive Olympic Gold Medal (1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996) ... -
Black Fact = (1917) W. E. B. Du Bois and James Weldon Johnson
Black Fact= 1917 (July 28)- The New York City Fifth Avenue March, a march organized by the NAACP with 10,000 ... -
Black Fact = (1958)Rafer Lewis Johnson
Black Fact = 1958 ( June 27) – Rafer Lewis Johnson, U.S. Decathlon champion, set a world record in the ... -
Black Fact =(1998) Larry Doby and “Bullet” Joe Rogan
Black Fact = 1998 (July 26) – Larry Doby and “Bullet” Joe Rogan, Negro League pitchers, were inducted into the ... -
Black Fact = (1916) Garrett A. Morgan
Black Fact= 1916 (July 25) – Garrett A. Morgan, inventor of the gas mask, rescued two people and retrieved four ... -
Black Fact = ( 1893) Charles S. Johnson
Black Fact = 1893 (July 24) – Charles S. Johnson, sociologist, founder of the National Urban League’s Opportunity magazine and ... -
Black Fact = (1959) Elijah Jerry “Pumpsie” Green
Black Fact = 1959 (July 23) – Elijah Jerry “Pumpsie” Green became the first black person to play for Boston ... -
Black Fact = (1963) Floyd Patterson
Black Fact = 1963 (July 22) – Floyd Patterson is defeated by Sony Liston and loses his world heavyweight title. ...