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Leslie Jordan Passes Away After Car Crash
According to YahooNews Comedian and actor Leslie Jordan ( 1955-2022) has died after a crash in California Monday, according to ... -
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 ... -
TRT- BLACKFACT = (1995) DR.CLIFTON R. WHARTON
Black Fact =1969 (10/16/22) – Dr. Clifton R. Wharton Jr. elected president of Michigan State University and became the first ... -
TRT- BLACKFACT = (1995) THE NATION OF ISLAM
Black Fact = 1995 – The Nation of Islam facilitated “The Million Man March, A Day of Atonement,” on this ... -
TRT-BLACKFACT = (1970) Angela Davis
Black Fact = 1970- Angela Davis, author, activist, and professor, was arraigned in New York on this date in 1970. ... -
TRT-BLACKFACT = (1914) Garrett A. Morgan
Black Fact = 1914- Garrett A. Morgan patented the Gas Mask on this date in 1914. Patent # 1,113,675. This ...