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BLACK FACT = (1998) A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.
Black Fact = 1998 (Dec. 13) – A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., jurist, scholar, teacher, and humanitarian, died on this date ... -
BLACK FACT = (1899) G. F. Grant
Black Fact= 1899 (Dec. 12) – G. F. Grant, inventor, patented the Golf Tee on this date in 1899. Patent ... -
BLACK FACT = (1928) Lewis Howard Latimer
Black Fact = 1928 (Dec.12)- Lewis Howard Latimer, inventor, electrical engineer, and draftsman, died in Flushing, NY, on this date ... -
BLACK FACT = (1930)Andrew “Rube” Foster
Black Fact= 1930 (Dec. 9)- Andrew “Rube” Foster, organizer of the Negro Baseball League, the first black baseball league, died ... -
BLACK FACT = (1967)Major Robert H. Lawrence, Jr.
Black Fact= 1967- Major Robert H. Lawrence, Jr., who earlier in the year was named as the first black astronaut, ... -
BLACK FACT = (1941)Dorie Miller
Black Fact = 1941 (Dec. 7,1941) – Dorie Miller, a messman on the USS Arizona, shot down four planes during ... -
BLACK FACT = (1967)Madame Lillian Evanti
Black Facts = 1967 – Madame Lillian Evanti, internationally games opera singer,died in Washington DC.Evanti founded the National Negro Opera ... -
BLACK FACT = (1947) Joe Lewis and “Jersey” Joe Walcott
Black Facts = 1947 ( Dec. 5) – Joe Lewis and “Jersey” Joe Walcott fought in the first televised Heavyweight ... -
Happy Founders Day to the brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.!
Happy Founders Day (Dec.4,1906) to the brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.! -
BLACK FACT = (1969)Fred Hampton & Mark Clark
Black Facts = 1969 (Dec.4) – Fred Hampton, Chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party and member Mark ...