365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 May 3 May 3, 1999 Ed Davis, the first African American to win a franchise to sell new cars, died. Davis was… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 May 4 May 4, 1969 The play “No Place to Be Somebody” premiered in New York City. The play was written by… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 May 5 May 5, 1905 The Chicago Defender was founded by Robert Sengstacke Abbott with a press run of 300 copies. The… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 May 6 May 6, 1812 Martin Robinson Delany, abolitionist and the first African American field officer in the United States Army, was… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 May 7 May 7, 1890 George Jordan received the Congressional Medal of Honor, America’s highest military decoration for his actions during the… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 May 8 Lovie Lee Smith (born May 8, 1958) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at the… Read More
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365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 22, 2017 0 May 10 Henry Walton Bibb (May 10, 1815 in Cantalonia, Kentucky – 1854) was an American author and abolitionist who was born… Read More
