This Week in Black History Aug, 24, 1950
Edith Sampson, a Chicago attorney is, appointed by President Harry Truman as an alternate delegate to the United Nations, the…
Edith Sampson, a Chicago attorney is, appointed by President Harry Truman as an alternate delegate to the United Nations, the…
August, 19, 1958 Clara Luper, an Oklahoma City school teacher and director of the local NAACP Youth Council, organized a…
The Rev. Jesse Jackson and his two nonprofit organizations, People United to Save Humanity and the National Rainbow Coalition, launched…
Aug. 4, 1992 A federal grand jury indicts four Los Angeles police officers involved in the beating of Rodney King…
Chicago-based attorney Arnette Rhinehart Hubbard is installed as the first female president of the National Bar Association. – For more…
July 23, 1967 The Detroit Race Riot began after police raided an unlicensed after-hours bar, becoming one of the most…
July 14, 1943 The George Washington Carver National Monument opens in Diamond, Missouri, becoming the first United States National Monument to honor an African…
July 8, 2000 Venus Williams defeats defending champion Lindsay Davenport to win her first Wimbledon women’s singles title. The Compton…
July 1, 1991 Georgia-born attorney Clarence Thomas is nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace Thurgood Marshall, the high…
June 22, 1990 Nelson Mandela speaks to the United Nations Special Committee in New York against apartheid, saying nothing has…