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On May 12, 1967, H “Rap” Brown replaced Stokely Carmichael as chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. As SNCC’s new chair, Brown was meant to reduce the controversy surrounding the group. Brown, however, encouraged militancy among urban blacks, and soon, a federal campaign against Black militancy severely damaged SNCC’s ability to sustain its organizing efforts.
On July 4, 1991, the National Civil Rights Museum officially opened at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., the site of the assassination of...
On July 3, 1962 The first Black baseball player in the major leagues was Jackie Robinson. Named to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
On July 2, 2001 Robert Tools became the first recipient in the world of the Abiocor, a self-contained artificial heart, at Jewish Hospital in...
On July 1, 1976, Kenneth Gibson, mayor of Newark, became the first Black president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
