Black Fact of the Day: March 12 – Brought to you by Black365.com
March 12: Aretha Franklin won the Grammy for the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for “Chain of Fools,” 1969
March 12: Aretha Franklin won the Grammy for the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for “Chain of Fools,” 1969
Black Fact of the Day: Saturday October 31, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
Violet Palmer became the first woman to officiate an NBA game, 1997
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Black Fact of the Day: Thursday October 29, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
Pearl Primus, anthropologist, dancer, and choreographer who impacted the world of dance, passed away, 1994
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Black Fact of the Day: Tuesday October 27, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
Oliver Tambo, tireless fighter against apartheid in Azania (South Africa), and co-founder of the ANC, was born, 1917
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Black Fact of the Day: Sunday October 25, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
Benjamin Davis Sr. was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General, 1940
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Black Fact of the Day: Wednesday October 21, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
Physicist and NASA astronaut Ronald McNair was born in Lake City, SC, 1950
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Black Fact of the Day: Tuesday October 20, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
The Atlanta City Council voted to rename the airport Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, to honor Maynard Jackson, 2003
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Black Fact of the Day: Sunday October 18, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
“The father of rock & roll,” Chuck Berry, was born in St. Louis, MO 1926
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Black Fact of the Day: Saturday October 17, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
Capital Savings Bank the first bank organized and operated by African Americans was founded in Washington, D.C., 1888
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Black Fact of the Day: Friday October 16, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
At the age of 35 Maynard Jackson became the first African American to be elected mayor of a major southern city (Atlanta), 1973
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Black Fact of the Day: Thursday October 15, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
The National Guard restored order in Boston after violence surrounding busing desegregation in schools, 1974
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Black Fact of the Day: Tuesday October 13, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
Garrett A. Morgan, inventor of the stop light, patented the Gas Mask on this date in 1914
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Comedian, activist and nutrition expert Richard “Dick” Gregory was born in St. Louis, MO, 1932
Black Fact of the Day: Monday October 12, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
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The elevator was patented by African American inventor Alexander Miles on this day in 1887
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Black Fact of the Day: Saturday October 10, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
Lawyer Grant Reynolds became chairman of the Committee Against Jim Crow in Military Service and Training, 1947
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