August 30, 1967 The U.S. Senate confirms the appointment of Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Lyndon Johnson. Marshall becomes the […]
Category: This Week in Black History
This Week in Black History
Aug. 18, 1963 Less than a year after he became the first African American to enroll in the University of Mississippi, James Meredith received a […]
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 a stamp […]
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 in Berlin, […]
This Week In Black History
July 31, 1981 Chicago-based attorney Arnette Rhinehart Hubbard is installed as the first woman president of the National Bar Association. – For more information on […]
This Week in Black History
July 14, 1943 The George Washington Carver National Monument opens in Diamond, Missouri, becoming the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American. – For more information […]
This Week in Black History
July 9, 1893 Chicago physician Daniel Hale Williams, the nation’s first Black cardiologist, performs the first successful open heart surgery at Provident Hospital, the nation’s […]
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 court’s first black justice. Despite […]
This Week in Black History
June 28, 1964 Malcolm X announces the establishment of the Organization of African Unity at a public meeting in New York’s Audubon Ballroom. The organization […]
This Week in Black History
June 24, 1936 Bethune-Cookman College President Mary McLeod Bethune, the 15th child of former slaves, is named director of Negro Affairs for the National Youth […]