365 days of African American discoveries, inventions, medical and scientific breakthroughs, birthdays and major accomplishments.
May 31, 1921 The Tulsa Race War in the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma occurred,…
John Marshall Harlin (Born June 1, 1833, Boyle County, Ky., U.S.—died Oct. 14, 1911, Washington,…
June 2, 1907 Dorothy West, novelist and short story writer, was born in Boston, Massachusetts.…
June 3, 1897 Memphis Minnie, blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, was born Lizzie Douglas in…
June 4, 1946 The Mississippi Legislature passed legislation to establish Mississippi Vocational College. The legislature…
June 5, 1894 George Washington Murray of Sumter, South Carolina received patent numbers 520,887, 520,888,…
June 6, 1934 Roy Emile Alfredo Innis, civil rights activist and National Chairman of the…
June 7, 1958 Prince, singer, songwriter, and musician, was born Prince Rogers Nelson in Minneapolis,…
June 8, 1982 Leroy Robert “Satchel” Paige, hall of fame baseball player, died. Paige was…
June 9, 2000 Jacob Lawrence, painter and educator, died. Lawrence was born September 7, 1919…