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Black Fact = (1886) Augustus Tolton
Black Fact = 1886 (April 24) – Augustus Tolton was ordained a Roman Catholic Priest in Rome and then assigned ... -
Black Fact = (1872) Charlotte E. Ray
Black Fact = 1872 (April 23) – Charlotte E. Ray, the first black female lawyer, became the first black woman ... -
Black Fact = (1868) Oscar James Dunn
Black Fact = 1868 (April 22) Oscar James Dunn was elected Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana on this date in 1868. ... -
Black Fact = (1950) Hayward Patterson
Black Fact = 1950 (April 20) – Scottsboro Boy, a book by Haywood Patterson, was published on this date in ... -
Black Fact = (1929) Oscar DePriest
Black Fact = 1929 (April 15) – Oscar DePriest was sworn in as Congressman (Illinois) on this date in 1929. ... -
Black Fact = (1939) Marian Anderson
Black Fact = 1939 (April 9) = Marian Anderson appeared in an outdoor concert at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, ... -
Black Fact = (1931) The Scottsboro Boys trial
Black Fact = 1931 (April 6) – The Scottsboro trial, a trial of nine black youths who were falsely accused ... -
Black Fact = (1999) Venus & Serena Williams
Black Fact = 1999 (March 28) – Venus & Serena Williams Tennis sensations, met in the finals of the Lipton Championship ... -
Black Fact = (1951) Oscar Micheaux
Black Fact= 1951 (March 25) – Oscar Micheaux, filmmaker, died in Charlotte, NC, on this date in 1951. Micheaux formed ... -
Black Fact = (1971)Rev. Walter Fauntroy
Black Fact = 1971 (March 23) – A former aide of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Rev. Walter Fauntroy, ...