This Week in Black History
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This Week in Black History, September 12, 1992
Post to This Week in Black History with photo BLACK 091026 Chicago physician Dr. Mae Jemison becomes the first African-American…
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This Week in Black History, Sept. 5, 1960
Post to This Week in Black History with photo BLACK 090326 A young boxer named Cassius Clay won the gold…
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This Week in Black History, August 30, 1967
The U.S. Senate confirms the appointment of Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Lyndon Johnson. Marshall, who…
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This Week in Black History, August 24, 1950
Chicago attorney and social worker Edith Sampson is named the first Black person to be appointed a U.S. delegate to…
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This Week in Black History, August 16, 1963
Television and advertising executive George Olden becomes the first Black person to design a U.S. postage stamp when he creates…
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This Week in Black History, August 9, 1936
Alabama native James Cleveland Owens, later nicknamed “Jesse,” wins four gold medals in track and field at the international Olympics…
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This Week In Black History, July 31, 1981
Chicago-based attorney Arnette Rhinehart Hubbard is installed as the first female president of the National Bar Association. – For more…
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This Week in Black History, July 23, 1962
Jackie Robinson, the first Black player to play Major League Baseball in the modern era, becomes the first Black player…
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This Week in Black History, July 18, 1863
The 54th Massachusetts volunteer army, composed of free black men, makes its famous charge on Fort Wagner in Charleston, S.C.…
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This Week in Black History, July 10, 1966
An estimated 60,000 people, led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., attend the Chicago Freedom Movement rally. The Chicago…
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