Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 March 21 Anthony Overton the first African American to lead a major business conglomerate, was born enslaved in Monroe, Louisiana. After the… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 March 22 Dr. Joy McDaniel has pioneered research leading to a breakthrough in triple negative breast cancer, one of the most aggressive… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 March 23 Channing E. Phillips, minister, social activist and the first African American placed in nomination for President of the United States… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 March 24 Janet Harmon Waterford Bragg, the first African American female to hold a commercial pilot license, was born in Griffin, Georgia.… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 March 25 Lillian Elaine Fishburne, the first African American female to hold the rank of rear admiral in the United States Navy,… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 March 26 Diana Ross, singer and actress, was born in Detroit, Michigan. In 1959, Ross joined The Primettes who in 1961 were… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 March 27 Sarah Lois Vaughan, jazz singer known as “The Divine One,” was born in Newark, New Jersey. Vaughan began piano lessons… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 March 28 Benjamin Elijah Mays, minister, educator, scholar and social activist, died. Mays was born August 1, 1894 in Ninety Six, South… Read More
