This Week In Black History

June 23, 1940 – Sprinter Wilma Rudolph, winner of three gold medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics, born.

June 24, 1964 – Carl T. Rowan appointed the Director of the United States Information Agency.

June 25, 1941 – Franklin D. Roosevelt issues executive order establishing Fair Employment Practice Commission.

June 26, 1975 – Samuel Blanton Rosser becomes first African American certified in pediatric surgery.

June 27, 1991 – Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall announces his retirement.

June 28, 1864 – Fugitive slave laws repealed by Congress.

June 29 1886 – Photographer James Van Der Zee born.