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TRT- BLACKFACT = (1974) Muhammad Ali defeated George Foreman
Black Fact = 1974 (Oct.30) Muhammad Ali defeated George Foreman to regain the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in Kinshasa, Zaire, ... -
TRT- BLACKFACT = (1931) William Grant Still
Black Fact = 1931- William Grant Still’s “Afro-American Symphony” was first presented by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra on this date ... -
TRT- BLACKFACT = (1862) The Battle of Toothman’s Mound (Island Mound, MO)
Black Fact= 1862 (Oct.28)- The First Kansas Colored Volunteers put down a force of Rebels at the Battle of Toothman’s ... -
TRT- BLACKFACT = (1952) Hattie McDaniel
Black Fact = 1952- Hattie McDaniel, actress who starred in an “Oscar”-winning role as “Mammy” in Gone with the Wind, ... -
TRT- BLACKFACT = (1976) Clarence “Willie” Norris (Scottsboro Boys)
Black Fact = 1976 (Oct. 25th)- Clarence “Willie” Norris, the last survivor of the Scottsboro Boys, was given a full ... -
TRT- BLACKFACT = (1945) Jackie Robinson
Black Fact = 1945 (Oct.23) – Jackie Robinson, the first black baseball player in the major leagues, signed his historic ... -
TRT- BLACKFACT = (1936) Bobby Seale
Black Fact= 1936 (Oct.22)-Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, was born in Dallas, TX, on this date in ... -
TRT- BLACKFACT = (1950) Earl Lloyd
Black Fact = 1950 (Oct. 21) – Earl Lloyd became the first black person to play in an NBA game ... -
TRT- BLACKFACT = (1943) Paul Robeson
Black Fact = 1943- Paul Robeson starred in the Theatre Guild’s Othello which opened at Shuberet Theatre (Broadway) on this ... -
TRT- BLACKFACT = (1968) BOB BEAMON
Black Fact = 1968 – Bob Beamon set the world long jump record at 29′, 2 1/2″ in at the ...