On this day, July 25, 1992, a statue dedicated to the wise and fierce Buffalo Soldiers was dedicated in Kansas. Brought to you by the Black365 Calendar. Find out more at www.Black365.US.
On this day, July 23, 1891, Dr. Louis Tompkins Wright, the first African American NYPD police surgeon, was born in LaGrange, Georgia. Brought to you by the Black365 Calendar. Find out more at www.Black365.US
On this day, July 22, 1950, William Hastie received his commission to serve as Governor of the Virgin Islands as a federal judge. Brought to you by the Black365 Calendar. Find out more at www.Black365.US.
On this day, July 21, 1889, inventor W.A. Martin patented the lock that was the forerunner to the modern door lock. Brought to you by the Black365 Calendar. Find out more at www.Black365.US.
On this day, July 20, 1925, Frantz Fanon, author of the classic books “Black Skin, White Masks” and “The Wretched of the Earth” was born in Fort-de-France Bay, Martinique. Brought to you by the Black365 Calendar. Find out more at www.Black365.US.
On a bright sunny day in Brooklyn New York less than a dozen people turned out to celebrate the life and legacy of NBA Hall of Famer, Connie Hawkins a stark contrast to a few months ago, in Brooklyn, when a crowd, in a torrential rainstorm, paid tribute to the late Biggie Smalls on the naming of a street in his honor. A Brooklyn politician who was scheduled to speak did not show up but that didn’t phase Isaiah Hawkins (brother of Connie Hawkins), Mel Davis (NY Knicks), Ted Gustus, Coach Ruth Lovelace (Boys & Girls High School), Ray Haskins (LIU, Alexander Hamilton High School) and Judith Brown (sister of ABA Great Roger Brown) who all stood outside Barclay’s Center fielding questions with only three media outlets, of which we were included.
On this day, July 18, 1973, Bridget Terry Long, Ph.D., Dean of Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, was born in Baltimore. Brought to you by the Black365 Calendar. Find out more at www.Black365.US
On this day, July 17, 2009, Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden became the 12th Administrator of NASA after being nominated by President Barack Obama. Brought to you by the Black365 Calendar. Find out more at www.Black365.US.
At a press conference on July 13, 2019, the Los Angeles Lakers introduced Anthony Davis. General Manager Rob Pelinka calls Davis “the most dominant young basketball player in the world.”
On this day, July 16, 1991, the French government named Miles Davis a Knight in the Legion of Honor. Brought to you by the Black365 Calendar. Find out more at www.Black365.US.
On this day, July 15, 1867, businesswoman Maggie Walker, the first African American woman to charter and become president of a bank, was born. Brought to you by the Black365 Calendar. Find out more at www.Black365.US.
On this day, July 14, 1955, the George Washington Carver National Monument, the first monument for an African American, was dedicated. Brought to you by the Black365 Calendar. Find out more at www.Black365.US
On this day, July 13, 2016, The Right Rev. Clement W. Fugh was named bishop of the 5th Episcopal District of the AME Church (Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean). Brought to you by the Black365 Calendar. Find out more at www.Black365.US.
On this day, July 11, 1998, Historian and pioneer in the creation of Pan-African studies, John Henrik Clarke, passed away in Manhattan. Brought to you by the Black365 Calendar. Find out more at www.Black365.US.