Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 July 27 Clarence LaVaughn “C.L.” Franklin, minister and civil rights activist, died. Franklin was born January 22, 1915 in Sunflower County, Mississippi.… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 July 28 Anti-Lynching Bill, 1922, was introduced by Missouri Congressman Leonidas Dyer advocating lynching be a federal felony in the United States… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 July 29 Tidjane Thiam (born 29 July 1962) is an Ivorian businessman and former politician who became the chief executive of Credit… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 July 30 Vivica Anjanetta Fox (born July 30, 1964) is an American actress, producer and television host. She began her career with… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 July 31 Flora Jean “Flo” Hyman (July 31, 1954 – January 24, 1986) was an American athlete who played volleyball. She was… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 August 1 Jackie Ormes (August 1, 1911 – December 26, 1985) is known as the first African American woman cartoonist and created… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 August 2 Simone Ashley Manuel (born August 2, 1996) is an American competition swimmer specializing in sprint freestyle. At the 2016 Rio… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 August 3 Joan Elizabeth Higginbotham, the third African American woman to go into space, was born in Chicago, Illinois. Higginbotham earned her… Read More