Selected Black Facts for May 19

Today in Black History for May 19^th

Selected Black Facts for May 19

1.	1991 - Willy T. Ribbs becomes the first African American driver to qualify for the Indi Willy T. Ribbs becomes the first African American driver to qualify for the Indianapolis 500.
2.	1968 - Poets Shortly after the death of Martin Luther King, The Last Poets were born. David Nelson, Gylan Kain, and Abiodun Oyewole, were born on the anniversary of Malcolm X's birthday, May 19, 1968 in Marcus Garvey Park. They grew from three poets and a drummer to seven young black and Hispanic artists: David Nelson, Gylan Kain, ...
3.	1965 - Patricia R Patricia R. Harris named ambassador to Luxembourg. She was the first Black woman ambassador.
4.	1965 - Patricia Harris was named as United States Ambassador to Luxembourg. Patricia Harris was named as United States Ambassador to Luxembourg.
5.	1930 - Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was born on this day. Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was born on this day.
6.	1930 - Lorraine Hansberry, born Birth date of playwright Lorraine Hansberry, who was born in Chicago. Her only two plays, "A Raisin in the Sun" and "The Sign in Sidney Burstein's Window," became famous.
7.	1925 - Malcolm X born in Omaha, Nebraska Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother, Louis Norton Little, was a homemaker occupied with the family's eight children. His father, Earl Little, was an outspoken Baptist minister and avid supporter of Black Nationalist ...
8.	1925 - Malcolm X Malcolm X (El Hajj Malik El Shabazz) is born in Omaha, Nebraska.
9.	1925 - The X man Malcolm Little aka El Hajj Malik Shabazz is born in Omaha,Nebraska.
10.	1878 - Blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury Blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury by President Garfield.

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