by Bertram Keller, Contributing Writer
Los Angeles Sentinel
June 19, celebrated as “Juneteenth,” a special moment in American history, our nation’s second Independence Day. A day...
PHYLLIS HYMAN
by Courier Newsroom
Week of June 26-July 2
June 26
1899—Black inventor William H. Richardson redesigns the baby carriage. While the idea for the baby carriage...
MICHAEL JACKSON
by Courier Newsroom
Week of June 19-25
June 19
1865—The Juneteenth Celebration begins. June 19, 1865 marks the day that many Blacks actually became free, especially...
THURGOOD MARSHALL
by Courier Newsroom
Week of June 12-18
June 12
1840—The world’s first anti-slavery convention took place in London, England. The aim of the gathering was to...
ROSA PARKS AFTER ARREST
by Courier Newsroom
Week of June 5-11
June 5
1872—The Republican Party National Convention takes place in Philadelphia with substantial representation from former Black...
by Courier Newsroom
Week of May 29-June 4
May 29
1854—Escaped slave and abolitionist Sojourner Truth delivers her famous “Ain’t I a Woman” speech at the Ohio...
PAMELA SUZETTE GRIER
by Courier Newsroom
Week of May 22-28
May 22
1863—The War Department establishes the Bureau of Colored Troops and began to aggressively recruit Blacks for...
by Courier Newsroom
Week of May 15-21
May 15
1911—Kappa Alpha Psi, one of the nation’s leading Black fraternities, is founded on this day on the campus...
SARAH VAUGHN
1924—The sensational Jazz singer Sarah Vaughn was born on this day in Newark, N.J.
1970—Mariah Carey was born on this day in Long Island,...
