June 4
June 4, 1946 The Mississippi Legislature passed legislation to establish Mississippi Vocational College. The legislature…
June 5
June 5, 1894 George Washington Murray of Sumter, South Carolina received patent numbers 520,887, 520,888,…
June 6
June 6, 1934 Roy Emile Alfredo Innis, civil rights activist and National Chairman of the…
June 7
June 7, 1958 Prince, singer, songwriter, and musician, was born Prince Rogers Nelson in Minneapolis,…
June 7
June 8, 1982 Leroy Robert “Satchel” Paige, hall of fame baseball player, died. Paige was…
June 9
June 9, 2000 Jacob Lawrence, painter and educator, died. Lawrence was born September 7, 1919…
June 10
June 10, 1910 Howlin’ Wolf, blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player, was born Chester Arthur…
June 11
June 11, 1963 Alabama Governor George C. Wallace stood in the doorway of Foster Auditorium…
June 12
June 12, 1930 Barbara Clementine Harris, the world’s first female Anglican bishop, was born in…
June 13
June 13, 1980 Walter Rodney, prominent Guyanese historian and political activist, was assassinated by a…