Black Fact of the Day: Saturday, December 5, 2020 – Brought to you by Black365
December 5, 2020
The first published African American female poet, Phillis Wheatley, passed away in 1784, at the age of 31.
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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity was founded on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, 1906
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December 3, 2020
The North Star, an abolitionist paper published by Frederick Douglass, ran its first issue, 1847.
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Chadwick Boseman known for his portrayals of real life historical figures was born in Anderson, SC, 1977.
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November 28, 2020
Record executive, songwriter, and film producer Berry Gordy Jr. was born in Detroit, MI, 1929
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November 26, 2020
Cicely Tyson and legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis were married, 1981.
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November 24, 2020
The “Father of bioengineering in Canada,” and co-developer of the pacemaker Dr. John Hopps passed away, 1998.
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November 23, 2020
Inventor John Love patented the pencil sharpener, 1897.
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November 22, 2020
Frederick D. Gregory became the first African American to command a spaceflight, 1989.
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November 21, 2020
Samuel DuBois Cook, the first African American professor to hold a regular faculty appointment at any PWI in the South was born, 1928.
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November 20, 2020
November 20: Inventor Garrett Morgan received a patent for the invention of the traffic light signal, 1923.
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November 18, 2020
The movie Malcolm X, starring Denzel Washington, premiered on this date in 1992.
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November 17, 2020
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University, 1911.
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November 16, 2020
Newspaper publisher Pam Johnson became the first African American woman to head a general circulation newspaper, 1981.
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November 15, 2020
Coretta Scott King called for a commission to be established to investigate who the true assassin was of Dr. King, 1999.