July 18
Calvin Peete (July 18, 1943 – April 29, 2015) was an American professional golfer. He…
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July 19
Alice Ruth Moore, educator, author and social activist, was born on July 19, 1875 in…
July 20
July 20, 1994 Everett Frederic Morrow, businessman and the first African American to hold an…
July 21
July 21, 1906 Harry S. McAlpin, the first African American admitted to a White House…
July 22
The 1967 Detroit riot, also known as the 12th Street riot, was a violent public…
July 23
July 23, 1909 Norman W. Lewis, painter, scholar, and educator, was born in Harlem, New…
July 24
July 24, 1802 Alexander Dumas, playwright and novelist, was born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie…
July 25
July 25, 2006 Carl Maxie Brashear, the first African American to become a United States…
July 26
July 26, 1948 President Harry S. Truman issued Executive Order 9981 which partly stated “It…
July 27
July 27, 1984 Clarence LaVaughn “C.L.” Franklin, minister and civil rights activist, died. Franklin was…