Salem Poor
Salem Poor was a Black hero of the Revoluntionary War. He distinguished himself so in battle that fourteen American officers praised him before Congress. On this day, a memorial was dedicated to him at Cambridge, Massachusetts which carried the citation that under our own observation, we declare
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Dec
5
1775
George Washington, founder of the town of Centerville (later Centralia), Washing
George Washington, founder of the town of Centerville (later Centralia), Washington in 1875, dies
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by Prospanica Boston Professional Chapter
Aug
26
1905
Governor Barnett Found Guilty
Governor Barnett found guilty of civil contempt of the federal court. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ordered Barnett to purge himself of contempt or face arrest and a fine of $10,000 a day.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sep
28
1962
Harold Ford elected to House of Reps
Harold Ford of Memphis elected to House of Representatives.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies
Nov
5
1974
Rosa Parks (born Roas Louise McCauley) was born on this day.
Rosa Parks (born Rosa Louise McCauley) was born on this day in Tuskegee, Alabama
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Feb
4
1913
Odetta Felious Gordon
Odetta Felious Gordon, the folk singer and activist known as Odetta is born on this day in Birmingham, Alabama.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Dec
31
1930
George H. White
George H. White, the only African American member of the U.S. House of Representatives, (1896) and the first to introduce an antilynching bill, born. He also founded Whitesboro, N,J, as a haven for African Americans escaping Southern racism.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Dec
18
1852
African- American george f.grant dentist and avid golferreceives a patent for
African- American George F. Grant, dentist and avid golfer, receives Patent No. 638,920 for a wooden golf tee.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Dec
12
1899
Birthday - Dwight Gooden
Born on this day in Tampa, Florida, Dwight Gooden went on to become the youngest player selected as the National League Rookie of the Year in 1984, the youngest to be chosen for the All-Star Game, and the youngest to win the Cy Young Award.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Nov
16
1964
Hattie McDaniel
On this day, Hattie McDaniel known for her supporting roles became the first African American to win the Oscar Award for her role as Mammyin the movie Gone With The Wind. Not only was she the first African American to receive this award, but the was the only woman to have received it until Whoopi
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by New York University
Feb
29
1940
First Black Daily Newspaper In Modern Times
Founded on this day by William A. Scott, III, the Atlanta Daily World was the first Black daily newspaper in modern times.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Aug
3
1928
Charles Hamilton Houston was born on this day.
NAACP leader, Charles Hamilton Houston was born on this day.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by BARBinc
Sep
3
1895
Twelve Blacks elected to the Ninety-second
Twelve Blacks elected to the Ninety-second Congress, including five new congressmen: Ralph H. Metcalfe (Ill.), George Collins (Ill.), Charles Rangel (N.Y.), Ronald Dellums (Calif.), and Parren Mitchell (Md.).
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by Prospanica Boston Professional Chapter
Nov
3
1970
James P. Thomas
Before his death on this day, James P. Thomas opened a barbershop in his Tennessee home; over his lifetime he accumulated almost $100,000 in assests and property.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Dec
17
1913
Executive Order 9808
In the aftermath of World War II, mob violence and lynching of Black Americans, in conjunction with the continuing controversy about segregation in American society, led President Harry S. Truman to issue Executive Order 9808 on this day which set up a committee to study the protection of civil
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Dec
5
1946
Elbert Frank Cox
Elbert Frank Cox was born on this day in Evansville, Indiana. He became the first Black to hold a doctorates degree in mathematics which he received from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York in 1925.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Dec
5
1895
Chuck E. Burris
In a low-turnout election on this day, Chuck E. Burris defeated the incumbent, Pat Wheeler, by 278 votes to 260; a third candidate won 30, to become the first Black mayor of Stone Mountain, Georgia which is the birthplace of the Ku Klux Klan.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Nov
4
1997
Ghana breaks colonialistic mold.
On this day, Ghana becomes a free self-governing nation. This country will be the first of the British Commonwealth of Nations to be self-governing.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sep
7
1957
First Black Artist to Design a U.S. Postage Stamp
On sale this day was a stamp designed to commemorate the one-hundreth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. It was designed by George Olden which made him the first Black to design a U.S. postage stamp.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Aug
16
1963
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Journalist Charlayne Hunter was born this day in Due West, South Carolina.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Boston Professional Chapter
Feb
27
1942
Broadway Musical 'Dreamgirls' Premieres
On this day in 1981, the spectacular Black musical Dreamgirls premiered on Broadway at the Imperial Theater.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by Greater Boston Veterans Collaborative
Dec
20
1981
Robert Weaver
Robert Weaver, born on this day, beacme the first Black appointed to a presidential cabinet when President Lyndon B. Johnson named him to head the newly created Departmentof Housing and Urban Development.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Dec
29
1907
Jonathan Jasper Wright
Jonathan Jasper Wright was the first Black state supreme court justice. He resigned on this day from the state supreme court in South Carolina after the overthrow of the Reconstruction government, and died in obscurity of tuberculosis.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Dec
1
1877
Octavia R. Albert
Born on this day in Oglethorpe, GA, Octavia R. Alberts, The House of Bondage is published; the book consists of seven slave narratives collected by Albert, a former slave.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by Christo Rey New York High School
Dec
24
1853
Dorothy Height - Visionary
Dorothy Height was born on this
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Mar
12
1912
Lucy Ann Stanton
The first woman to graduate college was Lucy Ann Stanton. She completed the two-year ladies course and received the Bachelor of Literature degree from Oberlin College in Ohio, on this day.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by NSBE Boston
Dec
8
1850
Marian Wright Edelman was born on this day.
Marian Wright Edelman was born on this day.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts
Jun
6
1939
Ruby Dee (Born Ruby Ann Wallace) was born on this day.
Ruby Dee (Born Ruby Ann Wallace) was born on this day.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Oct
27
1924
Samuel L. Jackson
Actor Samuel Jackson was born on this day in Washington, DC. Jackson will begin his acting career as a student at Morehouse College. He will star in over 40 movies including box office hits The Long Kiss Goodnight, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, and A Time to Kill.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Dec
21
1941
Anti-Lynching Bill proposed
Black Congressman George H. White, North Carolina, introduced a bill to make lynching of Americans a federal offense. The bill died in committee. One report contends that in 1900, 105 Africans were lynched in the United States.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Jan
20
1773

Black Sands Animated Trailer: Ultimate Battle

Spirituality Facts

Arts Facts

Martin Luther King Jr. Facts

Popular Topics