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On June 10, 1915
Albert Robinson died of an unknown illness. Albert Robinson and his wife, Margaret Tull Robinson, originally ran Hotel Robinson. The Hotel Robinson, built in 1897, was one of the first businesses in San Diego County, California, to be owned and operated by an African American.
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.
