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 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
Because of the work of Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the Evers’ house at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive in Jackson, will now become a national historic landmark. The house where Medgar Evers’ was fatally shot was built in the first planned middle-class subdivision for African-Americans in Mississippi after World War II. Thompson has been working on the honor for Evers for over ten years.