This Week In Black History – June 1, 2023
June 1, 1968 – Henry Lewis becomes first black musical director of an American symphony orchestra – the New Jersey Symphony.
June 2, 1971 – Samuel L. Gravely, Jr., becomes first African American admiral in U.S. Navy.
June 3, 1890 – L.H. Jones patents corn harvester.
June 4, 1972 – Angela Davis acquitted of all murder and conspiracy charges.
June 5, 1987 – Dr. Mae C. Jemison becomes first black woman astronaut.
June 6, 1831 – First annual “People of Color” convention held in Philadelphia.
June 7, 1917 – Poetess Gwendolyn Brooks, first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize (Poetry 1950), born.