This Week in Black History
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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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This Week in Black History
June 22, 1990 Nelson Mandela speaks to the United Nations Special Committee in New York against apartheid, saying nothing has…
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This Week in Black History
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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This Week in Black History
June 2, 1875 James Augustine Healy, a Roman Catholic priest in Portland, Maine, became the first black Catholic bishop in…
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This Week in Black History May 27, 1958
Post to Features and This Week in Black History with photo BLACK 052523 Ernest Green, who joined eight Black classmates…
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This Week in Black History
May 18, 1896 The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the Plessy v. Ferguson decision that the separate but equal doctrine…
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This Week in Black History
May 14, 1991 Winnie Mandela is sentenced to six years in prison in South Africa for her involvement in the…
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This Week in Black History
May 10, 1994 After more than 27 years as a political prisoner, Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as the first democratically…
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This Week in Black History
April 21, 1974 Former Los Angeles resident Lee Elder birdies three of his last four holes before sinking an 18-foot…
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