This Week In Black History – June 13, 2024
June 14, 1864 – Congress ruled that African American soldiers must receive equal pay.
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 fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
June 18, 1863 – The 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry attacked Fort Wagner, S.C.
June 19, 1865 – Blacks in Texas were notified of Emancipation Proclamation, issued in 1863. “Juneteenth” marks the event.