Faye Wattleton (born Alyce Faye Wattleton; 8 July 1943) is an American reproductive rights activist who was the first African American and the youngest president ever elected of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the first woman since Ma ...
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William Harrison "Bones" Dillard (July 8, 1923 – November 15, 2019) was an American track and field athlete, who is the only male in the history of the Olympic Games to win gold in both the 100 meter (sprints) and the 110 meter hurdles, making him ...
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Jazz legend Billy Eckstine born (1914 - 1993)
was an American jazz and pop singer and a bandleader during the swing and bebop eras. He was noted for his rich, almost operatic bass-baritone voice. In 2019, Eckstine was posthumously awarded the Gr ...
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On This Day In Black History July 6, 1957
Althea Gibson is first African American to win Wimbledon
On July 6, 1957, Althea Gibson claims the women’s singles tennis title at Wimbledon and becomes the first African American to win a championship ...
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Delloreese Patricia Early (July 6, 1931 – November 19, 2017), known professionally as Della Reese, was an American jazz and gospel singer, actress, and ordained minister whose career spanned seven decades. She began her long career as a singer, sco ...
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How Christianity has Shaped the Contours of Black American Life
Josef Sorett examines the complex religious ideas and practices in his book, Black is a Church.
By Eve Glasberg
July 05, 2023
Why did you write this book? Coming so soon after yo ...
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The Black History Of The United States Of America | A Big History Of America | Channel 5
In 1619, English colonists brought their first African slaves to Jamestown, beginning the history of slavery in the United States of America. The history of t ...
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On July 5, 1975, Arthur Ashe defeats the heavily favored Jimmy Connors to become the first Black man ever to win Wimbledon, the most coveted championship in tennis.
Arthur Ashe began playing tennis as a boy in his hometown of Richmond, Virginia. A ...
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This Day in Black History: July 5, 1852
Abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass gave the speech, "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro" on July 5, 1852.
On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave who later became a leader in the abo ...
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Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination
On July 1, 1991, President George H. W. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court of the United States to replace Thurgood Marshall, who had announced his retirement. At the time of his nominatio ...
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July 1, 1889: Frederick Douglass Appointed U.S. Minister to Haiti
On July 1st, 1889, US Republican President Benjamin Harrison appointed Frederick Douglass as the next U.S. Minister Resident and Consul General, Republic of Haiti.
Douglass arriv ...
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Mike Tyson
Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "The Baddest Man on the Planet", T ...
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This Day in Black History: June 30, 1917
Legendary actress and singer Lena Horne was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 30, 1917.
Legendary screen actress and singer Lena Horne, one of the first Black women actresses to sign a film contract with ...
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Eva Narcissus Boyd (June 29, 1943 – April 10, 2003), known by the stage name of Little Eva, was an American singer, well known for her 1962 hit "The Loco-Motion".
Biography
Boyd was born in Belhaven, North Carolina in 1943 and had twelve sibl ...
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Stokely Carmichael aka Kwame Touré
Stokely Carmichael, a political activist who was active during the 1960's civil rights movement was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies on June 29, 1941. His family later moved to New York City and he s ...
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This Day In History JUNE | 29 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival begins
On the afternoon of June 29, 1969, a crowd consisting mostly of Black people from the nearby area packs Harlem’s Mt. Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park). Over the course of this ...
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BlackFacts Minute: June 28
BlackFacts.com Fact Of The Day for June 28th, On This Day in 1978, The U.S. Supreme Court invalidated the use of racial quota for University Applications.
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The Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) was a Pan-Africanist organization founded by Malcolm X in 1964. The OAAU was modeled on the Organization of African Unity, which had impressed Malcolm X during his visit to Africa in April and May 1964 ...
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ACTRESS TICHINA ARNOLD BORN
June 28, 1971
Tichina Rolanda Arnold (/tɪˈʃiːnə/; born June 28, 1969) is an American actress and singer. She began her career as a child actor, appearing in supporting ...
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United States v. Fordice, 505 U.S. 717 (1992), is a United States Supreme Court case that resulted in an eight to one ruling that the eight public universities in Mississippi had not sufficiently integrated and that the state must take affirmative ...
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Twenty-five years ago in Feb. 1995, astronaut Bernard Harris (right) became the first African American to perform a spacewalk. In this image, he and fellow STS-63 astronaut Michael Foale, prepare to exit space shuttle Discovery's airlock to began the ...
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Willis Reed Jr. (June 25, 1942 – March 21, 2023) was an American professional basketball player, coach, and general manager. He spent his entire ten-year pro playing career (1964–1974) with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association ...
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Barack Obama Compares Titan Sub and Migrant Crisis News Coverage
“ At the same time, right here, just off the coast of Greece we had 700 people dead, 700 migrants who were apparently being smuggled,” he told CNN.
Former President Barack Obama in ...
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This Day in Black History: June 24, 1995
President Nelson Mandela cheers on the South African Rugby team.
During apartheid, Blacks were prohibited from being on South Africa's rugby team. Nelson Mandela, on June 24, 1995, used the sport to help h ...
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This Day in Black History: June 24, 1968
The Resurrection City encampment was cleared out of Washington, D.C. on June 24, 1968.
In 1968, the Poor People’s Campaign, an organization started by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shortly before his death, s ...
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