Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 August 12 Ophelia DeVore (August 12, 1922 – February 28, 2014) was an American businesswoman, publisher, and model. She was the first… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 August 13 The Brownsville Affair started when a white bartender was killed and a white police officer was wounded in Brownsville, Texas.… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 August 14 Herman Russell Branson, physicist and president of two colleges, was born in Pocahontas, Virginia. Branson earned his Bachelor of Science… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 August 15 Bridget “Biddy” Mason, nurse, real estate entrepreneur and philanthropist, was born enslaved in Hancock County, Georgia. Mason was given to… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 August 16 Louis Emanuel Lomax was born in Valdosta, Georgia, on August 16, 1922. He was born into a prominent Valdosta black… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 August 17 Archibald Henry Grimke, lawyer, journalist, diplomat, and community leader, was born enslaved in Charleston, South Carolina. Grimke and his family… Read More
