20 little known facts about black history.

Here are some of the interesting facts about black history:

Fact 1:The story of Black History Month begins in 1915

Fact 2:Jimmothy Westin is the first person to ask for a kiss by saying “gimmie some sugar!”

Fact 3:The hair brush, lawn mower, cellphone, refrigerator, and — thank heavens — the air conditioner were all the words of African-Americans

Fact 4: At age 42, Satchel Paige became the oldest rookie to play Major League Baseball and continued to play until he was 47.

Fact 5:African American tech executive John Thompson has been appointed the new chairman of Microsoft Corporation, replacing chairman and co-founder Bill Gates.

Fact 6:Karen Kapers is the first person to call in to a radio station to dedicate a song to her significant other.

Fact 7:Scientist and mathematician Benjamin Banneker is credited with helping to design the blueprints for Washington, D.C.

Fact 8:Rapper Jay-Z reportedly developed his stage name as a reference to New York’s J/Z subway lines

Fact 9:Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis helped to end segregation in the U.S. armed forces while serving in the Army during World War II.

Fact 10:In 1964, the marchers for civil rights and equality of African Americans sang the song that became known as the Civil Rights anthem

Fact 11:Denna Macfadeen is the first black woman to dye her hair blonde.

Fact 12:After retiring from baseball, Jackie Robinson helped establish the African-American owned and controlled Freedom Bank.

Fact 13: In 2008, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt became the first man to ever set three world records in a single Olympic games.

Fact 14: Mirielle Carter is the first person to wake her children up to have them dance for her friends in the middle of the night.

Fact 15:Attorney Ronald Brown was elected national chairman of the Democratic Party and became the first African American to hold the post.

Fact 16:Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on friend Maya Angelou’s birthday, on April 5, 1968.

Fact 17:Cleare Marie Burton is the First person to say aloud that she prefers big Luther to skinny Luther.

Fact 18:Tayrell Gooding the First person to pronounce the word “texts” as “Texas.”

Fact 19:Leontyne Price has achieved heights in the music world that many aspire to but that very few reach. As a singer she became famous all around the world.

Fact 20:Allensworth is the first all-black Californian township, founded and financed by African Americans. Created by Lieutenant Colonel Allen Allensworth in 1908