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Monday, February 28, 2011
Black History Facts
Ronald Brown was the United States Secretary of Commerce, serving during the first term of President Bill Clinton. He was the first African-American to hold this position.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Black History Facts
Legendary singer James Brown performed in front of a televised audience in Boston the day after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. Brown is often given credit for preventing riots with the performance.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Black History Facts
In 1950, writer Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her collection, Annie Allen.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Black History Facts
C.B. Brooks invented the street sweeper in 1896. It was a truck equipped with brooms.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Black History Facts
Jane Brolin was the first African-American to graduate from Yale University’s Law School.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Black History Facts
Barbara Brandon was the country's only black female cartoonist to be nationally syndicated. Her strip was named "Where I'm Coming From."
Monday, February 21, 2011
Black History Facts
Otis Boykin invented electronic control devices for guided missiles, IBM computers, and the control unit for a pacemaker.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Black History Facts
In 1876, physics student Edward Alexander Bouchet became the first African-American to earn a doctorate degree.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Black History Facts
In 2008, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt became the first man in history to set three world records in a single Olympic games.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Black History Facts
In 1932, Jane Brolin became the first black woman to become a judge in the United States. She was also the first black woman to receive a law degree from Yale.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Black History Facts
Henry Blair, the second African-American to receive a patent, invented a corn seed planter in 1834 and a cotton planter in 1836. Blair could not read or write and signed his patent with an X.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Black History Facts
In 1938, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt challenged the segregation rules at the Southern Conference on Human Welfare in Birmingham, Alabama, so she could sit next to African-American educator Mary McLeod Bethune, whom she referred to as "her closest friend in her age group."
Monday, February 14, 2011
Black History Facts
The parents of actress Halle Berry chose their daughter's name from Halle's Department Store, a local landmark in her birthplace of Cleveland, Ohio.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Black History Facts
In 2001, model and actress Halle Berry became the first African-American woman to win the Best Actress Oscar for her role in Monster's Ball.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Black History Facts
Chuck Berry's famous "duck walk" dance originated in 1956, when Berry attempted to hide wrinkles in his rayon suit by shaking them out with his now-signature body movements.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Black History Facts
Before becoming a professional musician,Chuck Berry studied to be a hairdresser.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Black History Facts
Before she was tapped to become Surgeon General of the United States in 2009, physician Regina Benjamin was the first African-American female, and the youngest person, to be elected to the American Medical Association's board of trustees.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Black History Facts
Musician and activist Harry Belafonte originally devised the idea for "We Are the World," a single that he hoped would help raise money for famine relief in Africa. The single became the fastest selling in history, making more than $20 million worldwide.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Black History Facts
Due to his acclaimed "Banana Boat" song, most people assume Harry Belafonte was born in the Caribbean; in fact, the internationally renowned entertainment icon and human rights activist was born in Harlem, New York.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Black History Facts
Before he was a renowned artist, Romare Bearden was also a talented baseball player. He was recruited by the Philadelphia Athletics on the pretext that he would agree to pass as white. He turned down the offer, instead choosing to work on his art.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Black History Facts
Andrew Jackson Beard invented the "Jenny Coupler" in 1897, a device which allowed train cars to hook themselves together when they are bumped into one another. The device saved the lives of many railroad workers, who originally had the dangerous job of hooking the moving cars together by hand.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Black History Facts
Scientist and mathematician Benjamin Banneker is credited with helping to design the blueprints for Washington, D.C.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Black History Facts
In 1997, model Tyra Banks became the first-ever African-American on the cover of the Victoria's Secret lingerie catalog.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Black History Facts
Model Tyra Banks was the first African-American woman on the covers of GQ magazine and the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.
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