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BLACK FACT = (1959)Dr. Miles Vandahurst Lynk
Black Facts = 1959 (December 24) – Dr. Miles Vandahurst Lynk,physician and publisher of the Medical and Surgical Advisor, the ... -
BLACK FACT = (1943) W.E.B. Dubois
Black Facts = 1943 – W.E.B. Dubois, activist, author, and educator, became the first black member of the National Institute ... -
BLACK FACT = (1911) Joshua “Josh”Gibson
Black Fact = (December 21) (died – January 1947) Joshua (Josh) Gibson, the “Home Run King” of the Negro Baseball ... -
BLACK FACT = (1988) Max Robinson
Black Fact = 1988 (Dec. 20)- Max Robinson, the first black news anchorman on American network television, died in Washington, ... -
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 ...