Black History Knowledge
Black History Knowledge — June 2
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What happened on this day. These are the June 2 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on.
1863 — The Combahee River Raid frees hundreds of enslaved people
On June 2, 1863, Harriet Tubman helped lead Union forces in the Combahee River Raid in South Carolina. The operation disrupted Confederate resources and freed more than 700 enslaved people, making it one of the most important Black-led military actions of the Civil War.
1961 — A Virginia judge upholds courtroom segregation
On June 2, 1961, a Virginia judge upheld racial segregation inside courtrooms. The ruling showed that Jim Crow was not limited to buses, schools, and lunch counters; it reached into the legal system itself.
1965 — Deputy Oneal Moore is murdered in Louisiana
On June 2, 1965, Washington Parish Sheriff’s Deputies Oneal Moore and David Creed Rogers were ambushed while on duty in Varnado, Louisiana. Moore was killed and Rogers was wounded; both men were among the first Black deputies hired in the parish, and the attack was tied to white supremacist hostility toward Black law enforcement authority.
