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On June 17, 1923, Marcus Garvey was convicted on federal charges of mail fraud in connection with the sale of stock in the Universal Negro Improvement Association’s Black Star Line. Sentenced to prison, Garvey delivered his last address before a crowd at Liberty Hall in New York City
On June 16, 1970 Kenneth A. Gibson was elected mayor of Newark, New Jersey.
On June 14, 1989, Congressman William Gray is elected Democratic Whip of the House of Representatives, the highest-ranking leadership position ever held by an...
On June 13, 1990 Bernadette Locke became the first female on-court coach when she was named assistant coach of the University of Kentucky men’s...
On June 11, 1964 Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly attempting to sabotage the white South African government.
