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Black Fact = (1967 & 1949) Major Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. & Dr. William A. Hinton
– Black Fact = 1967 (June 30) – Major Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. was named as the first black astronaut ... -
Black Fact = (1886) James Van Der Zee
Black Fact= 1886 (June 29) – James Van Der Zee, photographer, famous for his works in the “Harlem Renaissance,” was ... -
Black Fact = Joe Louis defeats “Jersey” Jo Walcott
Black Fact = 1948 (1948) – Joe Louis won the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion by knocking out “Jersey” Jo Walcott ... -
Black Fact = (1890) George “Little Chocolate” Dixon
Black Fact = 1890 (June 27) – George “Little Chocolate” Dixon won the World Bantamweight Boxing Championship, on this date ... -
Black Music 🎶 Month Artist …Nat King Cole
Black Music 🎶 Month Artist … Nat King Cole (1919-1965) was an American musician who first came to prominence as a jazz ... -
Black Fact = (1993) Roy Campenella
Black Fact= 1993 (June 26). – Roy Campenella, legendary Brooklyn Dodgers catcher and three-time National League MVP, died in Woodland ... -
Black Fact =(1941) Asa Philip Randolph
Black Fact = 1941 (June 25) – Asa Philip Randolph called off a scheduled march when President Franklin Roosevelt issued ... -
Black Fact = (1936) Mary McLeod Bethune
Black Fact = 1936 (June 24) – Mary McLeod Bethune, founder-president of Bethune-Cookman College, named director of Negro Affairs of ... -
Black Fact = (1940) Wilma Rudolph
Black Fact = 1940 (June 23) – Wilma Rudolph, the first American woman to win three Olympic Gold Medals in ... -
Black Fact = (1938) Joe Louis
Black Fact= 1938 (June 22) – Joe Louis, famous boxer, knocked out German boxer, Max Schmeling, on this date in ...