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On June 22, 1949 Ezzard Charles defeated Jersey Joe Walcott for the World heavyweight championship.
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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...
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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...
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On June 18, 1942 The U.S. Navy commissions its first Black officer, Harvard University medical student Bernard Whitfield Robinson.
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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...
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On June 16, 1970 Kenneth A. Gibson was elected mayor of Newark, New Jersey.
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On June 15, 1971, Vernon E. Jordan Jr., former executive director of the United Negro College Fund, was appointed executive director of the National...
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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...
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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...
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On June 11, 1964 Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly attempting to sabotage the white South African government.
