Black Fact of the Day: Nov. 3 , 2019- Brought to you by Black365
November 3, 2019
Carol Moseley Braun became the first African American woman to be elected to the United States Senate, 1992.
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Black Fact of the Day: Nov. 2 , 2019- Brought to you by Black365
November 2, 2019
A bill creating a national holiday to honor Martin Luther King Jr. was signed into law, 1984.
Black Fact of the Day: Nov. 1, 2019- Brought to you by Black365
November 1, 2019
Vada Somerville D.D.S, the first African American woman to be a licensed dentist in CA was born in Pomona, CA in 1885.
Black Fact of the Day: Oct. 31, 2019- Brought to you by Black365
October 31, 2019
Violet Palmer became the first woman to officiate an NBA game, 1997.
Black Fact of the Day: Oct. 30, 2019- Brought to you by Black365
October 30, 2019
Muhammad Ali beat George Foreman in the boxing match known as “The Rumble in the Jungle,” 1974.
Black Fact of the Day: Oct. 18, 2019- Brought to you by Black365
October 28, 2019
Aesop, known for his fables like “The Tortoise and the Hare” and “The Fly in the Honey,” was born, 620 B.C.E
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October 27, 2019
Oliver Tambo, tireless fighter against apartheid in Azania (South Africa), and co-founder of the ANC, was born, 1917.
Black Fact of the Day: Oct. 26, 2019- Brought to you by Black365
October 26, 2019
“To Be Young, Gifted and Black” a song by Nina Simone was recorded on this day in 1969.
Black Fact of the Day: Oct. 25, 2019- Brought to you by Black365
October 25, 2019
Benjamin Davis Sr. was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General, 1940.
Black Fact of the Day: Oct. 24, 2019- Brought to you by Black365
October 24, 2019
Dr. Ernest DuPorte, who was a world leader in the science of insects, was born in Nevis, British West Indies, 1891.
Black Fact of the Day: Oct. 23, 2019- Brought to you by Black365
October 23, 2019
Soccer star Edson Arantes do Nascimento aka Pelé was born in Brazil, 1940.
Black Fact of the Day: Oct. 22, 2019- Brought to you by Black365
October 22, 2019
Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, was born, 1936.
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October 21, 2019
Physicist and NASA astronaut Ronald McNair was born in Lake City, SC, 1950.
Black Fact of the Day: Oct. 20, 2019- Brought to you by Black365
October 20, 2019
The Atlanta City Council voted to rename the airport Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, to honor Maynard Jackson, 2003.
Black Fact of the Day: Oct. 19, 2019- Brought to you by Black365
October 19, 2019
Child rights activist and nurse, Dr. Josephine Kulea, was born in Kenya, 1984.