June 24
June 24, 1933 Samuel Jones, hall of fame basketball player, was born in Wilmington, North…
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June 25
June 25, 1933 James H. Meredith, the first African American student at the University of…
June 26
June 26, 1956 Bernard Anthony Harris, Jr., the first African American in space to perform…
June 27
June 27, 1939 Frederick McKinley Jones of Minneapolis, Minnesota received patent number 2,163,754 for his…
June 28
June 28, 1971 The United States Supreme Court in the case of Clay v. United…
June 29
June 29, 1867 Emma Azalia Smith Hackley, singer, educator, and political activist, was born in…
June 30
June 30, 1973 The USS Miller was commissioned in honor of Doris “Dorie” Miller. Miller…
July 1
July 1, 1899 Thomas Andrew Dorsey, the father of gospel music, was born in Villa…
July 2
July 2, 1964 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by President…
July 3
July 3, 1945 Ruth Jean Simmons, the first black president of an Ivy League institution,…