U.S. Senate activated “cloture” for first time on a civil rights benchmark, ending Southern Filibuster by a vote of 71-29. The public accommodation and fair employment sections bill passed and was signed by President Johnson on July
June 10: The Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, leader of the largest Black organization in history, passed away, 1940
June 9: The first African American Rhodes Scholar, Alain LeRoy Locke, passed away in New York, 1954
June 8: In an effort to show his fitness for duty Col. Charles Young set out on a 497 mile trip via horseback from Wilberforce, OH to D.C., 1918
May 31: Black Wall Street, the successful Black business district of Tulsa, O.K. was attacked, 1921
May 30: The Ida B. Wells-Barnett House was listed as a National Historic Landmark, 1974
May 29: Juneteenth, writer Ralph Ellison’s second novel, was published posthumously, 1999
May 28: Dr. Betty Shabazz, wife of Malcolm X, was born in Detroit, Michigan, 1934
May 27: “Littlerock Nine” member, Ernest Green, became the first African American to graduate from Central High School, 1958
May 26: Miles Davis, considered by most to be a musical genius was born in Alton, Illinois, 1926
Remembering George Floyd: a National Call to Action
May 25: Entrepreneur Madame C.J. Walker passed away at her villa in New York, 1919
May 24: Coleman Young, the first Black mayor of Detroit, was born in Tuscaloosa, AL, 1918
May 23: Marvelous Marvin Hagler, who was the undisputed middleweight champion for nearly 7 years, was born, 1954
May 22: Poet, essayist, and novelist Langston Hughes passed away in New York City, 1967