What happened on this day. These are the July 10 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1893 — Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performs landmark heart surgery In July 1893, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed a landmark operation at Provident Hospital in Chicago after James Cornish arrived with a serious stab wound […]
Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on July 10 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. Mary McLeod Bethune Born July 10, 1875 — died May 18, 1955 Educator, civil rights leader, institution builder, organizer, and presidential advisor. Bethune was born in South Carolina to formerly […]
Daisy Bates “No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her own way is without enemies.” Civil rights advocate and mentor to the Little Rock Nine. (Born July 10, 1914) Bates reminds reformers that pursuing justice inevitably creates opposition from people invested in the existing order.
Honoring those we lost on July 9 — remembered for what they gave, and for what they left behind. James Farmer Full name: James Leonard Farmer Jr. Born January 12, 1920 — died July 9, 1999 Civil rights leader, organizer, educator, Freedom Rider, and co-founder of CORE. Farmer helped build the Congress of Racial Equality […]
What happened on this day. These are the July 9 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1868 — Fourteenth Amendment ratified On July 9, 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified. The amendment granted citizenship to people born or naturalized in the United States, including formerly enslaved people, and promised equal protection […]
Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on July 9 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. June Jordan Born July 9, 1936 — died June 14, 2002 Poet, essayist, teacher, journalist, and social justice activist. Jordan was born in Harlem and became one of the most […]
James Baldwin “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” Writer and truth-teller whose work exposed the emotional core of racism and exile. Baldwin explains that confronting an injustice does not guarantee change, but avoiding it guarantees that nothing will change. Wear the history: James Baldwin […]
Honoring those we lost on July 8 — remembered for what they gave, and for what they left behind. David Blackwell Full name: David Harold Blackwell Born April 24, 1919 — died July 8, 2010 Mathematician, statistician, professor, game theory scholar, and first Black scholar admitted to the National Academy of Sciences. Blackwell made major […]
What happened on this day. These are the July 8 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1777 — Vermont adopts a constitution that limits slavery On July 8, 1777, Vermont formally adopted its constitution. The document included language that limited slavery and stood as one of the earliest legal challenges to […]
Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on July 8 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. Billy Eckstine Birth name: William Clarence Eckstein Born July 8, 1914 — died March 8, 1993 Jazz and pop singer, bandleader, style icon, and bebop-era music pioneer. Eckstine became known […]