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1960
22
John Dorsey, black Catholic Priest ordained in Baltimore in ,902
23
Wilma G Rudolph, former polio victim, tie, ame the world famous
female track star who won three Quid medals in the Olympic Games.
Rome, Italy, born in St Bethlehem, Tennessee 11940)
24
1896
Booker T Washington rer >• ved Honorary M A degree from
Harvard University
,924
P A Collins, political activist Selected from the 21st District.
New York City, on this day, be< ame the first bla< k delegate to a Demo
cratic National Convention
26
27
Senegal gained independence from France
,876
Isaiah Dorman, a black interpreter living among the Smux lr
dians. was one of the first to die in the Battle of Little Big Horn
,976
Mozambique gained independet >■ from Portugal
2
Thurgood Marshall, first black to hold the position of U S Solicitor
General and first Black Supreme Court Justice, was born in 1906
Congress enacted the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibiting seg
rogation in employment, education and public accommodations on the
basis of race, sex, age. national origin, or religion The Act is con
sidered one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation
ever passed by Congress
4
Louis ' Satchmo" Armstrong 1,900 , 97,). famous trumpeteer and jazz
pioneer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
Tuskegee Institute opened in ,881
5
Cape Verte Islands gained their independence from Portugal in 1975
Arthur Ashe beats Jimmy Connors Wimbledon. England, in ,975
6
Malawi (Africa, gained its independence from Bntian in 1964
7
1957
Althea Gibson won the women s single tennis championship
at Wimbledon. England
9
1893
Dr Daniel Hale Williams (1858 , 931). performed world's firs,
successful hear, surgery, a, Provident Hospital in Chicago
Paul Laurence Dunbat 1,872 , 9061, p c1', and n, .«Its, t urn m Daytm
Ohio
25
1943 — Firs, warship named for a Black
The S S Leonard Roy
Harmon, launched in Quincy. Massachusetts
26
President Harry S Truman, signed Executive Order ending segregation
by the U S Armed Services in 1948
Liberia, founded by Black Slaves gained recognition as an independ
en, nation in 1847
Martin Luther King. Sr after 44 years as Pastor Ebenezer Baptist
Church, Atlanta. Georgia, retired in 1975
Black Boston women founded the Afric American Female Intelligence
27
10
Mary McLisxd Bethune (1876 1955r. educator and White House ad
visor ,o three presidents born in Mayesville. South Carolina
Sao Sao Tome and Principe gamed their independence from Portugal in
,975
,2 1937
Bill Cosby, comic and entertainment personality born in
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania
June 23. W ilm a G Rudolph form er polio v ic tim became the w orld
fam ous fem ale track star w h o w on three gold m edals in the O lym pii
Games, Rome. Italy, born in St Bethlehem Tennessee (19401
28 CongressmanM aiorOwens.lt) ,93»,
,946
Thurgood Marshall. Judge In recognition of his oulstandir i
achievement in the field of law he was awarded a Spmgarn M«*f,.il on
this day He became a Supreme Court Justice in ,967
1978
Supreme Court handed down Bakke de< ision, a„e> ting rai ial
quotas in educational institutions and industry
30
Lena Horne, entertainer, born in Brooklyn. New York I ,9 ,7 ,
1974
Mrs Martin Luther King St slam at the organ during A ll,m l. i
church services
13
Caterma Jadxyro, firs, Black to perform with an American opera
company, in 1933
14
1951
Test national monument to honor a Black (George Washington
Carver I. dedicated in Joplin. M 0
Basil A Paterson. Esquire, became the firs, Black elected as Vice
Chairman of the Democratu National Commitee in 1972
16
Ida B Wells Barnet, organizer of Anti Lynching Crusade born in
,862
17
Ahsolom Jones became the Ins, black obdained as a minister in
America
Billie Holiday, blues singer, Id ,9591
On this day in 1862, Congress approved the rigid of Black Americans
Rawanda (Africa) obtained its independence from F ran n in 1962
Burundi I Africa) g,lined its independence from Tram e in ,962
Somalia (Africa) won its independent e from Italy in 1 *W>0
C a ro lin a
28
The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified in ,868
granting former slaves citizenship rights in the U S
to bear arms to ftgh, in the Civil War
29
18
Jester Hans,( n arranger o l A fro American folk songs
20
Bl.n k Power Conference opens Newark New Jersey in 1967
1950
Tirs, U S victory in Korea won by bl.n k troops ol 24,h
Infantry Regimen,
21
( ongressman I dolphus Towns lb 19341
Mary Church Terrell organized and bei ame firs, President of the
National Assi iciation o l Colored W omen in 18*16
22
Jane M Holm fust Blur k woman fudge appointed in 1939
23
,967
Urban Riot
Detroit
Dr Louis T Wnght. surgeon and phys.i i.in, lb ,891)
JULY
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July 10 M ary M cLeod Bethune (1875 19551 educator and W hite
House advisor to three presidents, born in M ayesville South
b 19011
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4 . .a n .v v t- v
Firs, National Convention of Black Women held in Boston
30
The all Black 9,h and 10th Cavalry and the 24,fi and 25,h Infantry
Divisions a, San Juan Hill saved Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders
from certain defeat in the Battle o, El Caney in 1898
31
Whitney M Young Jr 11921 1971), Executive Director of National
Urban League 1961. and author, born in Lincoln Ridge, Kentucky
Walter Carter, pioneer human rights leader died in 1971.
AU G U ST
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1895
Massachusetts
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I960
1977
1917
1924
Dahomey (Africa) obtained its independence from France
Roy Wilkins retired as Director of the NAACP.
Leo Pinckney was the lirs, drag,ee of World War I
James Baldwin, author, was born on this day
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