This Week In Black History – July 11, 2024

July 11, 1905 – W.E.B. DuBois and William Monroe Trotter organized the Niagara Movement, which demanded abolition of all race distinctions.

July 12, 1949 – Frederick M. Jones patented air-conditioning unit used in food transportation vehicles.

July 13, 1965 – Thurgood Marshall became first African American appointed U.S. Solicitor General.

July 14, 1955 – The George Washington Carver Monument, first national park honoring an African American, was dedicated in Joplin, MO.

July 15, 1864 – Maggie Lena Walker, first woman and first African American to become president of a bank, was born.

July 16, 1862 – Anti- lynching activist, journalist and educator Ida B. Wells-Barnett, was born.

July 17, 1953 – Jesse D. Locker appointed as U.S. Ambassador to Liberia.