This Week In Black History – July 10, 2025

July 10, 1875 – Educator Mary McLeod Bethune, founder of Bethune-Cookman College, was born.

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

July 12, 1949 – Frederick M. Jones patented the 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 – George Washington Carver Monument, first national park honoring an African American, was dedicated in Joplin, MO.

July 15, 1867 – Maggie Lena Walker became first woman and first African American bank president.

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