This Week In Black History – June 15, 2023
June 15, 1913 – Dr. Effie O’Neal, first black woman to hold an executive position in the American Medical Association, born.
June 16, 1970 – Kenneth A. Gibson elected mayor of Newark, NJ, first African American mayor of a major eastern U.S. city.
June 17, 1775 – Minuteman Peter Salem fights in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
June 18, 1863 – The 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry attacks Fort Wagner, SC.
June 19, 1865 – Blacks in Galveston, TX are notified of Emancipation Proclamation, issued in 1863. “Juneteenth,” marks the event.
June 20, 1953 – Albert W. Dent of Dillard University elected president of the National Health Council.
June 21, 1945 – Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., becomes first African American to command a U.S. Army Air Corps base.