This Week in Black History
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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.…
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This Week in Black History
July 21, 1959 Elijah Jerry “Pumpsie” Green becomes the first African American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last…
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This Week in Black History
The George Washington Carver National Monument opens in Diamond, Missouri, becoming the first U.S. National Monument in honor of an…
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This Week in Black History
July 6, 2002 Former Compton resident Serena Williams wins her first Wimbledon tennis tournament, defeating her sister Venus, to win…
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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.…
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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…
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This Week in Black History June 13, 1967
Former NAACP chief counsel Thurgood Marshall — who led the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education case that outlawed segregation…
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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 Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck,…
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in Black History June 5, 1973
Post to Features and This Week in Black History with photo BLACK 053024 Former Compton schoolteacher Doris A. Davis, who…
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This Week in Black History May 27, 1958
Ernest Green, who joined eight Black classmates in challenging racial segregation in public schools, becomes the first member of the…
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