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On June 1, 1909, Ida B. Wells gave a speech at the National Negro Conference, the forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in New York City. She gained a powerful ally in the newly formed National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
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.
On June 17, 1923, Marcus Garvey was convicted on federal charges of mail fraud in connection with the sale of stock in the Universal...
