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2002 - Tiger Woods wins U. S. Open Gold Tournament.
Tiger Woods wins U. S. Open Gold Tournament.
1969 - Clayton Powell Jr. suspension deemed unconstitutional.
United States Supreme Court rules that the suspension of Clayton Powel Jr. from the House…
1980 - Tennis Great Venus Williams born on this date.
Tennis Great Venus Williams born.
1957 - Tuskegee Boycott began
Tuskegee Boycott began. African American's boycotted city stores in protest against act of state legislature…
1968 - Housing Discrimination banned.
Supreme Court banned racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing.
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01
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1994 - South Africa rejoined the Commonwealth
02
Monday
1975 - James A. Healy, becomes first African American Roman Catholic Bishop on this date.
03
Tuesday
1949 - Wesley A. Brown becomes first African American graduate of Annapolis Naval Academy.
04
Wednesday
1991 - Baltimore Orioles Manager Frank Robinson names Assistant General Manager on this date
05
Thursday
1973 — Doris A. Davis Elected Mayor of Compton, CA
06
Friday
1987 – Mae Jemison Selected as First Black Woman Astronaut
07
Saturday
1930 - New York Times adopted the captilized spelling of the term Negro
08
Sunday
1982 - Satchel Paige, passes away on this date.
09
Monday
1948 - Oliver W. Hill elected to Richmond City Council on this date.
10
Tuesday
1940 - Harlem's Cotton Club Closes.
11
Wednesday
1964 - Nelson Mandela sentnced to Life imprisonment on this date.
12
Thursday
1972 - The National Black MBA Assciation is incorporated.
13
Friday
1967 - Thurgood Marshall Nominated to U.S. Supreme Court.
14
Saturday
1989 - Congressman William Gray elected Democratic Whip
15
Sunday
1897 - R. A. Butler patents train alarm.
16
Monday
2002 - Tiger Woods wins U. S. Open Gold Tournament.
17
Tuesday
1980 - Tennis Great Venus Williams born on this date.
18
Wednesday
1968 - Housing Discrimination banned.
19
Thursday
1953 - Albert W. Dent elected President of National Health Council.
20
Friday
1967 - Muhammad Ali convicted for violating Selective Service Act.
21
Saturday
1923 - Marcus Garvey sentnced to five years in prison.
22
Sunday
1970 - Richard Nixon signed bill extending Voting Rights
23
Monday
2003 - Maynard Jackson, three term mayor of Atlanta, dies.
24
Tuesday
1936 - Mary Mcleod Bethune named Director of Negro Affairs.
25
Wednesday
1968 - Lincoln Alexander become member of Canadian Parliament.
26
Thursday
1959 - Prince Edward County, Virginia, Closes Public Schools to Resist Integration
27
Friday
1939 - Frederick Jones invents the ticket dispensing machine.
28
Saturday
1991 - Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall anounces retirement.
29
Sunday
1972 - NAACP Annual Report
30
Monday
1967 - Major Robert H. Lawrence Jr. named First African American astronaut.
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