Black Fact of the Day: Feb. 16, 2020- Brought to you by Black365
Wilt Chamberlain became the first NBA player to score 30,000 points, 1972.
Wilt Chamberlain became the first NBA player to score 30,000 points, 1972.
Clifford Alexander, Jr., served his first day in office after being sworn in as the 13th Secretary of the Army, 1977.
Morehouse College was founded as Augusta Theological Institute, 1867.
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Albert Dent, the 1st African American Fellow of the American College of Hospital Administrators passed away, 1984.
The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in D.C. was dedicated on this date, 1988.
Nelson Mandela was released from prison after serving more than two and a half decades as a political prisoner, 1990.
“The Rosa Parks Story,” a biopic showcasing the life of Rosa Parks (starring Angela Bassett) was released, 2002.
Poet Paul Laurence Dunbar passed away at the age of 33 in Dayton, OH 1906.
The Honorable Marcus Garvey began serving a five-year sentence in federal prison on trumped-up charges, 1925.
Surveyor, mathematician, and astronomer, Benjamin Banneker began laying out the design of Washington, D.C., 1791.
Ernie Banks, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and first African American Chicago Cubs player, was born, 1931.
Coretta Scott King passed away at a rehabilitation center in Rosarito Beach, Mexico, 2006.
Talk show host & broadcasting executive Oprah Gail Winfrey was born in Kosciusko, MS, 1954.
Ronald McNair passed away when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded during launch, 1986.