Category: This Week in Black History

Ralph Bunche, a Jefferson High School and UCLA graduate, is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts as a United Nations mediator in the […]

September 17, 1983 Vanessa Williams becomes the first Black woman to be crowned Miss America. Williams was subjected to hate mail and death threats and, […]

Post to Features and This week in Black History with photo BLACK 090723 Chicago physician Dr. Mae Jemison becomes the first African-American woman in space […]

Sept. 2, 1989 The Rev. Al Sharpton led a protest march in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, a week after four Black teenagers […]

August, 19, 1958 Clara Luper, an Oklahoma City school teacher and director of the local NAACP Youth Council, organized a sit-in protest with her high […]

The Rev. Jesse Jackson and his two nonprofit organizations, People United to Save Humanity and the National Rainbow Coalition, launched a national boycott against organizations […]

Aug. 4, 1992 A federal grand jury indicts four Los Angeles police officers involved in the beating of Rodney King for violating King’s civil rights. […]

July 23, 1967 The Detroit Race Riot began after police raided an unlicensed after-hours bar, becoming one of the most violent urban revolts in the […]