April 5: Pioneering Congressman Robert Smalls was born in Beaufort, SC, 1839
April 5, 2021
April 5: Pioneering Congressman Robert Smalls was born in Beaufort, SC, 1839
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Black Fact of the Day
April 4: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN, 1968
April 4, 2021
April 4: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN, 1968
April 1: Toni Morrison’s novel “Beloved” won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, 1988
April 1, 2021
April 1: Toni Morrison’s novel “Beloved” won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, 1988
MARCH 31: Gold Medalist Jesse Owens Passed Away
March 31, 2021
MARCH 31: Gold Medalist Jesse Owens Passed Away
March 30: Captain Edward Dwight, Jr. was selected as the first African American candidate to train as an astronaut, 1963
March 30, 2021
March 30: Captain Edward Dwight, Jr. was selected as the first African American candidate to train as an astronaut, 1963
March 27: Black Academy of Arts and Letters was founded in Boston, 1969
March 26, 2021
March 27: Black Academy of Arts and Letters was founded in Boston, 1969
March 26: William Hastie was appointed to the US District Court of the Virgin Islands becoming the first African-American Federal judge, 1937
March 26, 2021
March 26: William Hastie was appointed to the US District Court of the Virgin Islands becoming the first African-American Federal judge, 1937
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March 25, 2021
March 25: Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” was enshrined by the Library of Congress, 2020
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March 12, 2021
March 12: Aretha Franklin won the Grammy for the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for “Chain of Fools,” 1969
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February 15, 2021
February 15: The NBA announced that the All-Star Game MVP Award would be renamed to the “NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player,” 2020 Brought to you by the Black365 Calendar. Find out more at Black365.com
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February 11, 2021
February 11: Nelson Mandela was released from prison after serving more than two and a half decades as a political prisoner, 1990
Black Fact of the Day: Monday October 19, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
October 19, 2020
Black Fact of the Day: Monday October 19, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
Child rights activist and nurse, Dr. Josephine Kulea, was born in Kenya, 1984
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Black Fact of the Day: Thursday October 8, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
October 8, 2020
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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: Tuesday October 6, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
October 6, 2020
Black Fact of the Day: Tuesday October 6, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
Voting and women’s rights activist, Fannie Lou Hamer was born in Montgomery County, MS, 1917
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Black Fact of the Day: Monday October 5, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
October 5, 2020
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Funeral services were held for jazz legend Miles Davis. He was buried with one of his trumpets, 1991
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