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TRT-BLACKFACT = (1984)Walter Payton
Black Fact = 1984 -Walter Payton, super-star running back who played for the Chicago Bears, broke Jim Brown’s career rushing ... -
TRT-BLACKFACT = (1983)Wilma Rudolph
Black Fact= 1983- Wilma Rudolph, the first American woman to win three Olympic Gold Medals in track and field in ... -
TRT-BLACKFACT = (1878)George Boyer Vashon
Black Fact = 1878- George Boyer Vashon, the first black person to receive a Bachelor’s Degree from Oberlin College, died ... -
TRT-BLACKFACT = (1943)Hubert G. (H. Rap) Brown
Black Fact = 1943-Hubert G. (H. Rap) Brown, writer, activist, and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Chairman, was born in Baton ... -
TRT-BLACKFACT = (1974) Frank Robinson
Black Fact = 1974- Frank Robinson, professional baseball legend, was named manager of the Cleveland Indians on this date in ... -
TRT-BLACKFACT = (1967) Thurgood Marshall
Black Fact = 1967 – Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 to January 24, 1993) was sworn in as the first ... -
TRT-BLACKFACT = (1941) Dr. Charles Richard Drew
Black Fact = 1941 – Dr. Charles Richard Drew was appointed Medical Director of the Plasma Project of Great Britain ... -
TRT-BLACKFACT = (1975) Virgie M.Ammons
Black Fact = 1975 – Virgie M.Ammons patents fireplace damper actuator. Virgie M. Ammons of Eglon, West Virginia “Inside the ... -
TRT-BLACKFACT = (2001) Mable Fairbanks
Black Fact = 2001 – Figure skating pioneer Mable Fairbanks dies.Mabel Fairbanks, 85, the first black women to be inducted ... -
TRT-BLACKFACT = (1991) Miles Davis
Black Fact = 1991 – Jazz Innovator Miles Davis dies.Jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis died in Santa Monica, California ...