Black Facts for May 25th

On this day
On this day, while competing for Ohio State University (Columbus) in a Western Conference (Big Ten) track-and-field meet at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), JAMES CLEVELAND OWENS equaled the world record for the 100-yard dash (9.4 s) and broke the world records for the 220-yard dash
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May
25
1935
William Cooper Nell
was born on this date - he is considered by Carter Goodwin Woodson to be the first African American historian - Nell, Garrisons right-hand on The Liberator, published several treatises, the most outstanding of which was Colored Patriots of the American Revolution ... he also is acknowledged to be
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May
25
1874
Singer Leslie Uggams born
Singer Leslie Uggams, who made her singing debut with the Lawrence Welk Band, was born in New York city.
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May
25
1943
Madam C.J. Walker - Death
When she died on May 25, 1919, she was mourned throughout the Black community as a pioneer and a Black industrialist.
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May
25
1919
Jamaica Kincaid
Jamaica Kincaid is the name of the criticall acclaimed novelist whose given name is Elaine Potter Richardson and who was born in St, John,s , Antigua in 1949. her novels include Lucy and The Autobiography of My Mother
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May
25
1949
Winifred Sweet Black
Winifred Sweet Black , née Winifred Sweet (born Oct. 14, 1863, Chilton, Wis., U.S.—died May 25, 1936, San Francisco, Calif.), American reporter whose sensationalist exposés and journalistic derring-do reflected the spirit of the age of yellow
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May
25
1936
Henry Ossawa Tanner, artist born
On this date Henry Ossawa Tanner was born in Pittsburgh, PA. His most noteable painting The Banjo Lesson was painted in 1893. Died May 25, 1937
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May
25
1937
Octavia Spencer
Octavia Spencer is a contemporary African American actress. She is recognized for her role in the film, The Help, as an outspoken maid. For her remarkable performance she won the prestigious Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award among other
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May
25
1970
Jammeh, Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junking (1965- ) - Birthday
Jammeh was born on May 25, 1965, in Kanilai, Gambia, three months after the country gained its independence from Great Britain.
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May
25
1965
Henry Ossawa Tanner
Henry Ossawa Tanner , (born June 21, 1859, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.—died May 25, 1937, Paris, France), American painter who gained international acclaim for his depiction of landscapes and biblical
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May
25
1937
30 million people worldwide joined in pop singer Bob Geldof's "Race Against Time
30 million people worldwide joined in pop singer Bob Geldofs Race Against Time to raise money for the starving in Africa.
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May
25
1986
Dancer Bill Bojangles born
Tap dancer Luther Robinson, best known as Bill Bojangles Robinson was born in Richmond, Virginia.
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May
25
1878
Miles Davis is born
Miles Davis, U.S. jazz trumpeter and composer, born.
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May
25
1926
Jamaica Kincaid Born
Novelist and essayist Jamaica Kincaid was born on this day in Antigua. Ms. Kincaid will pen novels such as Annie John and Lucy.
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May
25
1949
Death of Madame C.J
Death of Madame C.J. Walker (52), wealthy cosmetics manufacturer, at Irvington-on-the-Hudson, New York.
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May
25
1919
Riot at Mobile, Ala., shipyard over the upgrading
Riot at Mobile, Ala., shipyard over the upgrading of twelve Black workers.
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May
25
1943
Henrietta Bradberry patents Bed Rack
Bradberry invented the Bed Rack, Patent No. 2,320,027 on May 25, 1943, to attach to the bed frame and allow the bed clothes to hang on it while allowing the bed to air out.
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May
25
1943
Robert Capa
Robert Capa , original name (Hungarian form) Friedmann Endre Ernő (born 1913, Budapest, Hungary—died May 25, 1954, Thai Binh, Vietnam), photographer whose images of war made him one of the greatest photojournalists of the 20th
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May
25
1954
Wiggins, Thomas “Blind Tom” (1849-1908) - Birthday
Thomas Greene Wiggins was born May 25, 1849 to Mungo and Charity Wiggins, slaves on a Georgia plantation.
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May
25
1849
Young Black woman, Jo Etha Collier, killed in
Young Black woman, Jo Etha Collier, killed in Drew, Miss., by bullet fired from passing car. Three whites were arrested on May 26 and charged with the unprovoked attack.
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May
25
1971
Octavia Spencer
Octavia Spencer , in full Octavia Lenora Spencer (born May 25, 1970, Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.), American actress who was known for her numerous small, generally comic roles before she shot to stardom as one of the lead characters in the film The Help (2011). Spencer won an Academy Award, a Golden
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May
25
1970
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