Bonus: Song Of The Day

Beyonce "Irreplaceable"

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Black History Facts

Fact #1

Soccer phenom Freddy Adu was the youngest athlete to play in a professional American sports league.

Fact #2

The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon honored Ira Aldridge with a bronze plaque. He is the only African-American actor to receive this tribute.

Fact #3

BET was the first African-American controlled company to sell shares on the New York Stock Exchange.

Fact #4

Macon Bolling Allen was the first African-American to pass the bar and practice law in the United States in 1845.

Fact #5

Lawyer Macon Bolling Allen was the first black American Justice of the Peace and the first African-American licensed to practice law in the U.S.

Fact #6

The African Methodist Episcopal Church, founded by Richard Allen became the first national black church in the United States in 1816.

Fact #7

Marian Anderson, a gifted contralto singer, was the first African-American to perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1955.

Fact #8

In 1993, Maya Angelou recited her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Bill Clinton's inauguration. She was the first poet to do an inaugural recitation since Robert Frost spoke for President John F. Kennedy in 1961.

Fact #9

Writer and performer Maya Angelou worked as the first black female streetcar conductor in San Francisco, California, before graduating from high school.

Fact #10

Maya Angelou's autobiographical book I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings is the first non-fiction work by an African-American woman to make the best-seller list.

Song Of The Day

Christina Aguilera "So Emotional"

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