This Week In Black History – June 22, 2023
June 22, 1897 – William Barry patents the postmarking and canceling machine.
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June 28, 1864 – Fugitive slave laws repealed by Congress.