June 19: Juneteenth is observed, commemorating the day Africans in Texas heard of the end of legal enslavement in the U.S.,1865
June 18: Robert Church, the first African American millionaire in South, was born in Holly Springs, MS, 2839
June 17: Ermias Asghedom aka Nipsey Hussle opened The Marathon Store. It is world’s first “smart store” , 2017
June 13: Thurgood Marshall was appointed as the first African American Supreme Court Justice, 1967
June 10: The Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, leader of the largest Black organization in history, passed away, 1940
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
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May 7: The first registered African American nurse, Mary Mahoney was born in Dorchester, MA, 1845
MARCH 31: Gold Medalist Jesse Owens Passed Away