June 12: Civil Rights worker Medgar Evers was shot to death in his driveway in Jackson, Mississippi, 1963
June 12, 2021
June 12: Civil Rights worker Medgar Evers was shot to death in his driveway in Jackson, Mississippi, 1963
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black facts of the day
June 11: The United States Post Office issued the a stamp honoring educator Anna Julia Cooper, 2009
June 11, 2021
June 11: The United States Post Office issued the a stamp honoring educator Anna Julia Cooper, 2009
June 10: U.S. Senate imposed cloture for first time
June 10, 2021
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 9: The first African American Rhodes Scholar, Alain LeRoy Locke, passed away in New York, 1954
June 9, 2021
June 9: The first African American Rhodes Scholar, Alain LeRoy Locke, passed away in New York, 1954
April 26: Jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer Count Basie passed away, 1984
April 26, 2021
April 26: Jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer Count Basie passed away, 1984
April 24: Black Panther, political activist, and journalist, Mumia Abu-Jamal, was born in Philadelphia, PA, 1954
April 24, 2021
April 24: Black Panther, political activist, and journalist, Mumia Abu-Jamal, was born in Philadelphia, PA, 1954
April 14: Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe, who facilitated the redistribution of land to Africans, was born, 1924
April 14, 2021
April 14: Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe, who facilitated the redistribution of land to Africans, was born, 1924
April 13: The HBCU, Coppin State University, officially adopted its name. It was named in honor of Fanny Jackson Coppin, 2004
April 13, 2021
April 13: The HBCU, Coppin State University, officially adopted its name. It was named in honor of Fanny Jackson Coppin, 2004
April 7: General Roscoe Robinson Jr. Auditorium was dedicated at West Point in honor of Army 4-star General, Roscoe Robinson Jr., 2000
April 7, 2021
April 7: General Roscoe Robinson Jr. Auditorium was dedicated at West Point in honor of Army 4-star General, Roscoe Robinson Jr., 2000
April 3: 66 Signs of Neon, an art exhibit composed of roughly 50 works of art from the Watts Rebellion premiered, 1966
April 3, 2021
April 3: 66 Signs of Neon, an art exhibit composed of roughly 50 works of art from the Watts Rebellion premiered, 1966