This Week In Black History – June 27, 2024

June 27, 1991 – Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall announced his retirement.

June 28, 1864 – Fugitive Slave Laws repealed by Congress.

June 29, 1886 – Photographer James Van Der Zee was born.

June 30, 1921 – Charles S. Gilping awarded Spingarn Medal for his performance in Eugene O’Neill’s play “Emperor Jones.”

July 1, 1889 – Frederick Douglass named U.S. Minister to Haiti.

July 2, 1872 – Elijah McCoy patented his first self-lubricating locomotive engine. The quality of his inventions helped coin the phrase “The Real McCoy”.

July 3, 1688 – The Quakers in Germantown, PA, made the first formal protest against slavery.