This Day in History
On July 3, 1962 The first Black baseball player in the major leagues was Jackie Robinson. Named to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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On October 25, 1940 Benjamin O. Davis became the first Black general in the U.S. Army.
On October 20, 1946 W.E.B. Du Bois, at 78, delivered the address at the closing session of the Southern Youth Legislature in Columbia, South...
On October 19, 1944 The US Navy announced that Black women would be permitted to join Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES). The...
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.
On June 30, 2015 The American Ballet Theatre announced that it had promoted Misty Copeland to principal from soloist, marking the first time the...
On June 29, 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a five-to-four decision that the death penalty was cruel and unusual punishment, which violated...
On June 28, 1970, Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Clay) stands before the Supreme Court regarding his refusal to be inducted into the US Army...
On June 25, 1941, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802, which forbade racial and religious discrimination in war industries, government training programs, and government...
On June 23, 1997, Betty Shabazz died at 61, in New York City, 3 weeks after receiving burns over 80% of her body.
On June 22, 1949 Ezzard Charles defeated Jersey Joe Walcott for the World heavyweight championship.
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...
