Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 May 8 Robert Leroy Johnson, Delta blues musician, was born in Hazelhurst, Mississippi. At a very young age, Johnson began traveling up… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 May 9 Canada Lee, pioneering stage, died. Lee was born Lionel Cornelius Canegata on March 3, 1907 in New York City. He… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 May 10 Born Annie Minerva Turnbo in Metropolis, Illinois, she suffered a stroke and died on May 10, 1957 at Chicago’s Provident… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 May 11 The 1970 Augusta riot was an episode of civil unrest that occurred inAugusta, Georgia between May 11 and May 13,… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 May 12 The Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUC Consortium) is the largest contiguous consortium of African Americans in higher education in the… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 May 13 MOVE is a Philadelphia-based black liberation group founded by John Africa (born Vincent Leaphart) in 1972. The group lives communally.The… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 May 14 On May 14, 1961, Freedom Riders were brutally attacked by violent, well-armed and organized mobs of Klansmen and other terrorists… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 May 15 Harry “The Black Panther” Wills, hall of fame boxer, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Wills began his professional boxing… Read More
