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BLACK FACT = (1897) Fletcher Hamilton Henderson
Black Fact = 1897(Dec.)- Fletcher Hamilton Henderson, talented arranger and bandleader, was born in Cuthbert, GA, on this date in ... -
BLACK FACT = (1975) Noble Sissle
Black Fact= 1975 (Dec. 17) – Noble Sissle, a pioneer jazz figure, died in Tampa, FL, on this date in ... -
BLACK FACT = (1859) John A. Copeland, Shields Green, Dangerfield Newby, & Sheridan Leavy
Black Fact= 1859- John A. Copeland, Shields Green, Dangerfield Newby, and Sheridan Leavy were hanged in Charlestown, VA, on this ... -
BLACK FACT = (1829)John Mercer Langston
Black Fact = 1829 – John Mercer Langston was born. Langston was elected Clerk of Brownhelm Township,OH, in 1855.This election ... -
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 ...