Selected Black Facts for March 18 1. 1972 - The USS Jesse L. Brown, the first U.S. naval ship The USS Jesse L. Brown, the first U.S. naval ship to be named after an African American naval officer is launched. Share this Fact! 2. 1963 - Vanessa L. Williams born Actress-singer and the first black Miss America Vanessa L. Williams is born in Millwood, New York. Share this Fact! 3. 1959 - Irene Cara born Actress-singer-songwriter Irene Cara is born in New York City Share this Fact! 4. 1947 - Wilson Pickett born R&B singer Wilson Pickett is born in Prattville, Alabama. Share this Fact! 5. 1939 - Charley Pride born Country singer Charley Pride is born in Sledge, Mississippi. Share this Fact! 6. 1933 - Unita Blackwell Unita Blackwell was born this day in Lula, Mississippi. She became the first black woman mayor elected in Mississippi. Share this Fact! 7. 1909 - Disturbance Investigation President Roosevelt appointed a committee, including Emmet J. Scott, to investigate disturbances in Liberia. Share this Fact! 8. 1895 - Blacks left Savannah, Ga Two hundred Blacks left Savannah, Ga., for Liberia. Share this Fact! 9. 1877 - President Hayes appointed Frederick Douglass President Hayes appointed Frederick Douglass marshal of District of Columbia. Share this Fact! 10. 1860 - Journalist Ralph Waldo Tyler born Birthday of Ralph Waldo Tyler, journalist, Auditor-General of the Navy and World War I foreign correspondent. Te oldest of 12 children, Tyler is believed to have been born in Ohio. He attended elementary and high schools in Columbus, Ohio, studied a year in Baldwin,Missouri, and began teaching school at age 19. Tyler taught himself shorthand while working as a janitor at the Columbus Evening Dispatch. He later was given an opportunity to prove his reporting ability. Tyler worked in circulation, business and news departments of the paper and as an assitant to the manager and secretary to the owner. He became successful as a society reporter. He was the first African American foreign war correspondent and the only accredited African American correspondent in World War I. Both African American and White newspapers carried Tyelrs stories. He died in 1921.
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