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Black Fact = (1887) James M. Trotter
Black Fact = 1887 (May 13) – James M. Trotter was named Recorder of Deeds by President Grover Cleveland on ... -
Black Fact = 1955 (May 10)Samuel “Toothpick” Jones
Black Fact = 1955 (May 10) – Black Fact = Samuel “Toothpick” Jones became the first black person to pitch ... -
Black Fact = (1951)Z. Alexander Looby
Black Fact = 1951 (May 10) – Z. Alexander Looby, NAACP attorney, was elected to the Nashville, TN, City Council ... -
Black Fact = (1899) J.A.Burr
Black Fact = 1899 (May 9) – J. A. Burr, inventor, patented the Lawn Mower on this date in 1899. ... -
Black Fact = (1843) Elijah “The Real” McCoy
Black Fact = 1843 ( May 2) Elijah “The Real” McCoy, inventor and holder of around 57 patents, was born in ... -
Black Fact = (1991) Rickey Henderson
Black Fact – 1991 (May 1) – Rickey Henderson became Major League Baseball’s all-time leader in stolen bases on this ... -
Black Fact = (1926) Bessie Coleman
Black Fact – 1926 (April 29) – Bessie Coleman, the first licensed black aviator, was killed in an airplane accident ... -
Black Fact = (1983) Gloria Naylor
Black Fact = 1983 (April 28) – Gloria Naylor won the “American Book Award” for best novel for her work, ... -
Black Fact = (1892) Sarah Boone
Black Fact = 1892 (April 26) – Sarah Boone, inventor, patented the Ironing Board on this date in 1892. Patent ... -
Black Fact – (1944) Dr. Frederick Douglass Patterson
Black Fact = 1944 (April 25) – The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) was founded by Dr. Frederick Douglass Patterson ...