This Week in Black History
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This Week in Black History Aug. 10, 1981
The Rev. Jesse Jackson and his two nonprofit organizations, People United to Save Humanity and the National Rainbow Coalition, launched…
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This Week in Black History
Aug. 4, 1992 A federal grand jury indicts four Los Angeles police officers involved in the beating of Rodney King…
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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, 1967 The Detroit Race Riot began after police raided an unlicensed after-hours bar, becoming one of the most…
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This Week in Black History July 14, 1943
July 14, 1943 The George Washington Carver National Monument opens in Diamond, Missouri, becoming the first United States National Monument to honor an African…
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July 8, 2000 Venus Williams defeats defending champion Lindsay Davenport to win her first Wimbledon women’s singles title. The Compton…
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This Week in Black History
July 1, 1991 Georgia-born attorney Clarence Thomas is nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace Thurgood Marshall, the high…
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June 22, 1990 Nelson Mandela speaks to the United Nations Special Committee in New York against apartheid, saying nothing has…
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June 16, 1970 Kenneth A. Gibson is elected mayor of Newark, New Jersey, the first Black man to lead that…
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This Week in Black History
June 11, 1959 Charlie Sifford became the first African American to play in the U.S. Open golf tournament at the Winged…
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