365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 21, 2017 0 June 4 June 4, 1946 The Mississippi Legislature passed legislation to establish Mississippi Vocational College. The legislature anticipated that legal segregation of… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 21, 2017 0 June 5 June 5, 1894 George Washington Murray of Sumter, South Carolina received patent numbers 520,887, 520,888, and 520,889 for a planter,… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 21, 2017 0 June 6 June 6, 1934 Roy Emile Alfredo Innis, civil rights activist and National Chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality, was… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 21, 2017 0 June 7 June 7, 1958 Prince, singer, songwriter, and musician, was born Prince Rogers Nelson in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Prince’s first album, “For… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 21, 2017 0 June 7 June 8, 1982 Leroy Robert “Satchel” Paige, hall of fame baseball player, died. Paige was born July 7, 1906 in… Read More
365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 21, 2017 0 June 9 June 9, 2000 Jacob Lawrence, painter and educator, died. Lawrence was born September 7, 1919 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.… Read More
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365 DAYS-OF-HISTORY May 21, 2017 0 June 11 June 11, 1963 Alabama Governor George C. Wallace stood in the doorway of Foster Auditorium on the campus of the… Read More
