Post to Features and This Week in Black History with photo BLACK 053024 Former Compton schoolteacher Doris A. Davis, who had been elected the city’s […]
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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 “Little Rock Nine” to graduate […]
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 that was used in most of the South […]
This Week in Black History May 10, 1994
Four years after being freed after 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela is sworn into office as president of South Africa. He was the country’s […]
This Week in Black History – May 4, 1959
Ella Fitzgerald wins Grammy Awards for best jazz vocal performance and for best female pop vocal performance at the first Grammy Awards at the Beverly […]
This Week in Black History, April 28, 1967
World heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali refuses to be inducted into the U.S. Army because of his objections to the Vietnam War and is subsequently […]
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 birdie putt in a playoff to win the […]
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This Week in Black History April 13, 1964 At the 36th Academy Awards program, Sidney Poitier receives the Oscar for best actor for his role […]
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Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits the 715th home run of his career off Al Downing of the Los Angeles Dodgers, breaking Babe Ruth’s […]
This Week in Black History April 2, 1855
John Mercer Langston was elected clerk of the township of Brownhelm, Ohio. He is considered to be the first African American elected to public office […]