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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 June 22, 1949 Ezzard Charles defeated Jersey Joe Walcott for the World heavyweight championship.
On June 21, 1945 Col. B.O. Davis Jr. was named commander of Godman Field (Ky.) and became the first Black to head an Army...
On June 19, 1865 The Emancipation Proclamation was proclaimed in Texas. Former slaves began migrating to Austin, Dallas, Galveston, and other Texas cities, but...
On June 18, 1942 The U.S. Navy commissions its first Black officer, Harvard University medical student Bernard Whitfield Robinson.
