This Week In Black History – June 6, 2024
June 6, 1831 – First annual “People of Color” convention was held in Philadelphia.
June 7, 1917 – Poetess Gwendolyn Brooks, first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize (Poetry 1950), was born.
June 8, 1953 – Supreme Court ruling banned discrimination in Washington, DC restaurants.
June 9, 1995 – Lincoln J. Ragsdale, pioneer fighter pilot of World War II, died.
June 10, 1854 – James Augustine Healy, first African American Roman Catholic bishop, was ordained.
June 11, 1912 – Joseph H. Dickson patented the player piano.
June 12, 1963 – Medgar W. Evers, civil rights leader, was assassinated in Jackson, MS.