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FROM PRINCESS WALL PORTRAITURE Today in Black History for June 30th 1. 1978 - Larry Doby became manager of the Chicago White Sox Larry Doby became manager of the Chicago White Sox baseball team. He was fired on October 19. 2. 1974 - Mrs. M.L.K. and deacon Boykin were killed Black man shot and killed Mrs. Martin Luther King Sr. and deacon Edward Boykin during church services at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta. The assailant, Marcus Chennault of Dayton, Ohio, was later convicted and sentenced to death. Share this Fact! 3. 1967 - Maj. Robert H. Lawrence Jr. Maj. Robert H. Lawrence Jr. named first Black astronaut. He was killed during a training flight on December 8, 1967. Share this Fact! 4. 1958 - Supreme Court reversed decision of lower court Supreme Court reversed decision of lower court which had confirmed $100,000 contempt fine imposed by Alabama on NAACP for refusing to divulge membership. Share this Fact! 5. 1951 - NAACP attacked issues concerning schools NAACP began frontal attack on segregation and discrimination at elementary and high school levels, arguing that segregation was discrimination in cases before three-judged federal courts in South Carolina and Kansas. The South Carolina court, with a strong dissent from Judge E. Waites Warning, held that segregation was... Share this Fact! 6. 1926 - James Weldon Johnson was honored by NAACP James Weldon Johnson was honored for his careers as an executive of the NAACP, a member of the United States Consul, editor, and poet by the NAACP in New York City. Share this Fact! 7. 1917 - Singer Lena Horne born Jazz singer Lena Horne born in Brooklyn, NY. Share this Fact! 8. 1917 - Lena Horne Actress-singer Lena Horne is born in Brooklyn, New York. Share this Fact! 9. 1906 - John Hope, pres. Of Morehouse John Hope became the first Black president of Morehouse College. Share this Fact! 10. 1881 - Henry Highland Garnet Henry Highland Garnet, former abolitionist leader and Presbyterian minister, named minister to Liberia. He died in Monrovia shortly after his arrival.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 18:59:47 +0000

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