365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 April 17 April 17, 1987 Willi Donnell Smith, one of the most successful young fashion designers in fashion history, died. Smith was… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 April 18 April 18, 1922 John Arthur “Jack” Johnson, the first black World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, received patent number 1,413,121 for an… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 April 19 April 19, 1975 Percy Lavon Julian, research chemist and pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants, died.… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 April 20 April 20, 1906 Everett Frederick Morrow, businessman and the first African American to hold an executive position at the White… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 April 21 April 21, 2003 Nina Simone, singer, songwriter, and civil rights activist, died. Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon on February… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 April 22 April 22, 1947 Cathy Hughes, business executive and radio and television personality, was born Catherine Elizabeth Woods in Omaha, Nebraska.… Read More
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