-
Black Music 🎶 Month Artist …Marvin Gaye
Black Music 🎶 Month Artist … Marvin Gaye (1939-1984) sang in his father’s church and in the Moonglows before signing with Motown. ... -
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 Music 🎶 Month Artist …Charley Pride
Black Music 🎶 Month Artist … Charley Pride (1934-2020) Born in Mississippi, Charley Pride was one of the few Black country musicians ... -
Black Fact = (1940) Wilma Rudolph
Black Fact = 1940 (June 23) – Wilma Rudolph, the first American woman to win three Olympic Gold Medals in ... -
Black Music 🎶 Month Artist …Bob Marley
Black Music 🎶 Month Artist … Bob Marley (1945- 1981) was born in Nine Miles, Saint Ann, Jamaica, to Norval Marley and ... -
Black Music 🎶 Month Artist …Marian Anderson
Black Music 🎶 Month Artist … Marian Anderson (1897-1993) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. African American opera singer Marian Anderson is remembered ... -
Black Fact = (1938) Joe Louis
Black Fact= 1938 (June 22) – Joe Louis, famous boxer, knocked out German boxer, Max Schmeling, on this date in ... -
Black Music 🎶 Month Artist …Whitney Houston
Black Music 🎶 Month Artist … Whitney Houston (1963-2012) She released her debut album at age 22 and scored three No. 1 ... -
Black Fact = (1964) James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner
Black Fact= 1964 (June 21) – James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, CORE members and activists on a ... -
Black Fact = ( 1967) Muhammad Ali
Black Fact = 1967 (June 20) – A Houston, TX, federal court convicted Muhammad Ali of violating the Selective Services ...