What happened on this day. These are the June 12 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1945 — Niecey Brown dies after being beaten by a white police officer On June 12, 1945, Niecey Brown, a 74-year-old Black woman in Selma, Alabama, died after an off-duty white police officer forced his […]
What happened on this day. These are the June 11 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1963 — The University of Alabama is desegregated On June 11, 1963, Vivian Malone and James Hood registered for classes at the University of Alabama after Governor George Wallace tried to block their entrance. Their […]
What happened on this day. These are the June 10 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1954 — Southern governors organize resistance to school integration On June 10, 1954, governors and representatives from twelve Southern states met in Richmond, Virginia, to resist the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision. […]
What happened on this day. These are the June 9 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1948 — Oliver W. Hill is elected to Richmond City Council On June 9, 1948, attorney Oliver W. Hill was elected to Richmond City Council, becoming the first African American elected to that body since […]
What happened on this day. These are the June 8 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1953 — The Supreme Court rules against restaurant segregation in Washington, D.C. On June 8, 1953, the Supreme Court decided District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co., ruling that segregation in D.C. restaurants was […]
What happened on this day. These are the June 7 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1920 — The Ku Klux Klan launches a national publicity campaign On June 7, 1920, Ku Klux Klan leader William Simmons hired publicists to grow the white supremacist organization’s membership. This event matters because it […]
What happened on this day. These are the June 6 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1944 — The 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion lands on D-Day On June 6, 1944, the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion landed during the Normandy invasion. The unit was made up of African American soldiers and helped […]
What happened on this day. These are the June 5 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1950 — The Supreme Court decides Sweatt v. Painter On June 5, 1950, the Supreme Court ruled in Sweatt v. Painter that Heman Sweatt could not be denied admission to the University of Texas Law […]
What happened on this day. These are the June 4 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1963 — Savannah theaters reinstate segregation after white backlash On June 4, 1963, Savannah theaters reversed course after white residents protested integration. Two theaters banned Black patrons entirely, while another restricted Black customers to balcony […]
What happened on this day. These are the June 3 moments in Black history worth knowing, remembering, and passing on. 1893 — Samuel J. Bush is lynched in Decatur, Illinois On June 3, 1893, a mob of about 1,500 white people lynched Samuel J. Bush on the courthouse lawn in Decatur, Illinois. This belongs in […]