Jones, F. M. Two-Cycle gasoline Engine Nov. 28, 1950 Patent No. 2523273
ON this date in 1997, former Detroit Mayor Coleman Young died on this day. He was 79 years old. Young became Detroit’s first Black mayor and presided over his adopted city for an unprecedented five terms. Young died at Sinai Hospital of respiratory failure caused by advanced emphysema.
On this date in 1961, Ernie Davis became the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy.
On this date in 1960, Richard Nathaniel Wright (52), author of “Native Son” and “Black Boy”, dies in Paris, France. Richard Nathaniel Wright was an American author of sometimes controversial novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction.
On this date in 1949, Tap dancer Bill “Bojangles” Robinson dies in New York city.
ON this date in 1929, Motown recording executive Berry Gordy, Jr. born in Detroit, Michigan.
On this date in 1871, Ku Klux Klan trials began in Federal District Court in Columbia, South Carolina.
On this date in 1753, Soldier & patriot James Robinson is born. When he won a medal for bravery at the Battle of Yorktown, he was promised his freedom for fighting with the Americans. After the war, he was sold back into slavery.
