Black Fact of the Day |
Black Fact of the Day:
May 24, 1854
Anthony Burns, celebrated fugitive slave, arrested by United States Deputy marshals in Boston. Two thousand United States troops escorted him through ...
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Black Fact of the Day |
Black Fact of the Day:
May 23, 1981
Robert Nesta Marley was given an official funeral by the people of Jamaica. Following the funeral attended by both the Prime Minister and the Leader ...
Posted by KurojiNtu.com Photography & more on Fri, 23 May 2008 07:05:00 PST |
Black Fact of the Day |
Black Fact of the Day:
May 21, 1969
Police and National Guardsmen fired on demonstrators at North Carolina A&T College. One student was killed and five policemen were injured.
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Posted by KurojiNtu.com Photography & more on Thu, 22 May 2008 11:23:00 PST |
Black Fact of the Day |
Black Fact of the Day:
May 19, 1925
Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother, Louis Norton Little, was a homemaker occupied with the family's eig...
Posted by KurojiNtu.com Photography & more on Mon, 19 May 2008 09:19:00 PST |
Black Fact of the Day (three days) |
Black Fact of the Day:
May 16, 1929John Conyers, Jr. birthday, founder of the Congressional Black Caucus
May 17, 1875
The first Kentucky Derby is won by African American jockey Oliver L...
Posted by KurojiNtu.com Photography & more on Mon, 19 May 2008 07:14:00 PST |
Black Fact of the Day |
Black Fact of the Day: May 15, 1923The Chip Woman's Fortune by Willis Richardson, the first dramatic work by an African American playwright to be mounted on Broadway, opens at the Frazee Th...
Posted by KurojiNtu.com Photography & more on Thu, 15 May 2008 03:18:00 PST |
Black Fact of the Day |
Black Fact of the Day:
May 8, 1925The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the trailblazing black labor union, was organized by A. Philip Randolph.
May 9, 1977Mabel Murphy Smythe...
Posted by KurojiNtu.com Photography & more on Wed, 14 May 2008 07:29:00 PST |
Black Fact of the (last four) Day(s) |
Black Fact of the Day: May 2, 1844Elijah "the real" McCoy, master inventor, holder of over 50 patents was bornMay 3, 1866During May 1-3, white civilians and police killed forty-six African-...
Posted by KurojiNtu.com Photography & more on Tue, 06 May 2008 06:13:00 PST |
Black Fact of the Day |
Black Fact of the Day: April 24th-29th April 24, 1867Black demonstrators staged ride-ins on Richmond, Va., streetcars. Troops were mobilized to restore order. April 25, 1990Saxophonist Dexte...
Posted by KurojiNtu.com Photography & more on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:57:00 PST |
Black Fact of the (past six) Day(s) |
April 16, 1862President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia. Passage of this act came9 months before President Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation. The ac...
Posted by KurojiNtu.com Photography & more on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:47:00 PST |
