Joel Augustus Rogers wrote 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof: A Short Cut to the World History of the Negro in 1934. It inspired the blog of Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

In 1934, the same year in which he published 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro, he began publishing a weekly column titled "Your History," which he retitled "Facts About the Negro" in 1962.

I love history, and I'm learning new fun facts all the time. It's hard not to gush about them, but I've found an outlet: this post series, where I share all my fun, random facts with you. So here are ...