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DailyHeritage

  1. 1/31: Jackie Robinson, first African American baseball player in the major leagues, was born on this day in 1919. #fb 4:00 AM Jan 31st via SocialOomph
  2. 1/30: William Wells Brown, novelist and dramatist, published first Black drama, Leap to Freedom, on this day in 1858. #fb 4:00 AM Jan 30th via SocialOomph
  3. 1/29: Oprah Winfrey born on this day in 1954. #fb 4:00 AM Jan 29th via SocialOomph
  4. 1/28: Astronaut Ronald McNair died in Challenger explosion on this day in 1986. #fb 4:00 AM Jan 28th via SocialOomph
  5. 1/27: Leontyne Price, world-renowned opera singer, made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera House on this day in 1961. #fb 4:00 AM Jan 27th via SocialOomph
  6. 1/26: Angela Davis, activist, born on this day in 1944. #fb 6:00 AM Jan 26th via SocialOomph
  7. 1/26: Bessie Coleman, first African American woman aviator, born on this day in 1893. #fb 4:00 AM Jan 26th via SocialOomph
  8. 1/25: Sojourner Truth addressed the first Black Women’s Rights Convention on this day in 1851. #fb 4:00 AM Jan 25th via SocialOomph
  9. 1/24: Coach Clarence “Big House” Gaines won record 800th college basketball game on this day in 1990. #fb 4:00 AM Jan 24th via SocialOomph
  10. 1/23: Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, pioneer in surgery, founded Provident Hospital in Chicago, IL, on this day in 1889. #fb 4:00 AM Jan 23rd via SocialOomph
  11. 1/22: Nat Turner, leader of the Virginia slave revolt, was born on this day in 1800. #fb 4:00 AM Jan 22nd via SocialOomph
  12. 1/21: William Brown-Chappell, pioneer aviator, was born on this day in 1906. #fb 4:00 AM Jan 21st via SocialOomph
  13. 1/20: Barbara Jordan, congresswoman, was born on this day in 1936. #fb 6:00 AM Jan 20th via SocialOomph
  14. 1/20: Barack Obama is sworn in as the first African American President on this day in 2009. #fb 4:00 AM Jan 20th via SocialOomph
  15. 1/19: Freed Blacks organized Savannah, GA’s first Baptist church on this day in 1788. #fb 4:00 AM Jan 19th via SocialOomph
  16. 1/18: Robert C. Weaver became first African American presidential cabinet member on this day in 1966. #fb 4:00 AM Jan 18th via SocialOomph
  17. 1/17: Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) born on this day in 1942. #fb 4:00 AM Jan 17th via SocialOomph
  18. 1/16: Jefferson Franklin Long took oath of office as first African American Congressman from Georgia on this day in 1871. #fb 4:00 AM Jan 16th via SocialOomph
  19. 1/15: Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on this day in 1929. #fb 4:00 AM Jan 15th via SocialOomph
  20. 1/14: John Oliver Killens, novelist, was born on this day in 1916. #fb 4:00 AM Jan 14th via SocialOomph
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