Black Fact of the Day: Thursday October 8, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
The first African American police surgeon with the New York Police Department, Dr. Louis T. Wright passed away, 1952
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Black Fact of the Day: Thursday October 5, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
Funeral services were held for jazz legend Miles Davis. He was buried with one of his trumpets, 1991
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Black Fact of the Day: Thursday October 1, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
The HBCU Morgan State University earned the classification as a doctoral research institution, 2017
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Black Fact of the Day: Monday September 29, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
African Lodge #459, the first African American Lodge in the U.S., was chartered by the Grand Lodge of England, 1784
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Black Fact of the Day: Sunday September 28, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
Venus and Serena Williams won the Women’s doubles tennis Olympic Gold Medal in Sidney, Australia, 2000
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Black Fact of the Day: Wednesday September 22, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
Dr. Mary Church Terrell, one of the first African American women to receive a degree, was born in Memphis, TN, 1863
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Black Fact of the Day: Tuesday September 22, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
Georgia Hill Robinson, the first woman hired by the LAPD passed away at the age of 82, 1961
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Black Fact of the Day: Friday September 18, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
Booker T. Washington delivered an influential speech that came to be known as the “Atlanta Compromise,” 1895
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Black Fact of the Day: Monday September 14, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
The first African American woman appointed to the federal judiciary, Constance Baker Motley was born in New Haven, CT, 1921
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Black Fact of the Day: Friday September 11, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
Simon, a dentist, became the first African American reported on in a U.S. newspaper, 1740
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Black Fact of the Day: Tuesday September 8, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
More than 60 Black police officials met and organized The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, 1976
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Black Fact of the Day: Sunday September 6, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
Frederick Douglass gave a speech at the Republican National Convention that is credited for helping African Americans get the right to vote, 1866
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Black Fact of the Day: Saturday September 5, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
Intellectual leader Leopold Senghor was elected as the first president of the west African country of Senegal, 1960
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Black Fact of the Day: Friday September 4, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
Lewis Latimer, co-patent holder of the electric lamp and advisor to Thomas Edison, was born in Chelsea, MA, 1848
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Black Fact of the Day: Thursday September 3, 2020 – Brought to you by Black365
Charles Hamilton Houston, the attorney who won several important cases against “Jim Crow” was born in D.C., 1895
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