Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 April 30 Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman, civil aviator, died when her airplane crashed. Coleman was born January 26, 1892 in Atlanta, Texas. In… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 May 1 May 1, 1866 The Memphis Riots of 1866 began after a shooting altercation between white policemen and black soldiers recently… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 May 2 William Joseph Seymour (May 2, 1870 – September 28, 1922) was an American minister, and an initiator of the Azusa… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 May 3 James Joseph Brown, Jr., singer, songwriter, and “The Godfather of Soul,” was born in Branwell, South Carolina. Brown dropped out… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 May 4 It was during his employment as a bartender in Greenwich Village that Gordone found the inspiration for his first major… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 May 5 Johnnie Harrison Taylor (May 5, 1934 – May 31, 2000)[1] was a three-timeGrammy-nominated American recording artist and songwriter who performed… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 May 6 William Venoid Banks, minister, lawyer and broadcast executive, was born in Geneva, Kentucky. Banks earned his Bachelor of Arts degree… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 May 7 George Washington Lee (December 25, 1903 – May 7, 1955) was anAfrican-American civil rights leader, minister, and entrepreneur. He was… Read More
