subscribe to
July 26
Today In Black History - July 26
Posted by Rod
In 1998, Joe Doby and Bullet Joe Rogan, both Negro League pitchers, were named to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame.
Also on this date:
1865 Patrick Francis Healy, first Black awarded Ph.D. degree, passed final examination at Louvain in Belgium.
Posted in Black History
1 Comment
Subscribe to RSS Feed
[...] Father Patrick Francis Healy, inaugurated as president of Georgetown University, the oldest Catholic University in America, and became the first Black to head a predominantly white university. Father Healy was also the first Black man to receive a Ph.D. [...]