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On June 19, 1865
The Emancipation Proclamation was proclaimed in Texas. Former slaves began migrating to Austin, Dallas, Galveston, and other Texas cities, but the largest migration was to Houston. Freedmen’s Town is a nationally registered historical site. The site was originally a community located in the Fourth Ward of Houston, Texas.
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...
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...
