June Black History Calendar
- Jun 1, 1968
Henry Lewis becomes first Black musical director of an American symphony orchestra – the New Jersey Symphony
Search Library of Congress - Jun 2, 1971
Samuel L. Gravely, Jr. becomes first African American admiral in U.S. Navy.
Search Library of Congress - Jun 3, 1890
L.H. Jones patents corn harvester.
Search Library of Congress - Jun 4, 1972
Angela Davis acquitted of all murder and conspiracy charges.
Search Library of Congress - Jun 5, 1987
Dr. Mae C. Jemison becomes first Black woman astronaut.
Search Library of Congress - Jun 6, 1831
First annual “People of Color” convention held in Philadelphia.
Search Library of Congress - Jun 7, 1917
Poetess Gwendolyn Brooks , first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize (Poetry 1950), born.
Search Library of Congress - Jun 8, 1953
Supreme Court ruling bans discrimination in Washington, D.C. restaurants.
Search Library of Congress - Jun 9, 1995
Lincoln J. Ragsdale, pioneer fighter pilot of World War II, dies.
Search Library of Congress - Jun 10, 1854
James Augustine Healy , first African American Roman Catholic bishop is ordained.
Search Library of Congress - Jun 11, 1912
Joseph H. Dickson patents player piano.
Search Library of Congress - Jun 12, 1963
Medgar W. Evers, civil rights leader, is assassinated in Jackson, Miss.
Search Library of Congress - Jun 13, 1967
Thurgood Marshall nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Lyndon Johnson.
Search Library of Congress - Jun 14, 1864
Congress rules that African American soldiers must receive equal pay.
Search Library of Congress - Jun 15, 1913
Dr. Effie O’Neal, first Black woman to hold an executive position in the American Medical Association, born.
Search Library of Congress - Jun 16, 1970
Kenneth A. Gibson elected mayor of Newark, N.J., first African American mayor of a major eastern U.S. city. June 17. 1775 – Minuteman Peter Salem fights in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Search Library of Congress - Jun 18, 1863
The 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry attacks Fort Wagner, S.C.
Search Library of Congress - Jun 19, 1865
Black in Texas are notified of Emancipation Proclamation, issued in 1863. “ Juneteenth ,” marks the event.
Read on BlackPast - Jun 20, 1953
Albert W. Dent of Dillard Universality elected president of the National Health Council.
Search Library of Congress - Jun 21, 1945
Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes first African American to command a U.S. Army Air Corps base.
Search Library of Congress - Jun 22, 1897
William Barry patents the postmarking and canceling.
Search Library of Congress - Jun 23, 1940
Sprinter Wilma Rudolph , winner of three gold medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics, born.
Search Library of Congress - Jun 24, 1964
Carl T. Rowan appointed the Director of the United States Information Agency.
Search Library of Congress - Jun 25, 1941
Franklin D. Roosevelt issues executive order establishing Fair Employment Practice Commission.
Search Library of Congress - Jun 26, 1975
Samuel Blanton Rosser becomes first African American certified in pediatric surgery.
Search Library of Congress - Jun 27, 1991
Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall announces his retirement.
Search Library of Congress - Jun 28, 1864
Fugitive slave laws repealed by Congress. June 29 1886 – Photographer James Van Der Zee born.
Search Library of Congress - Jun 30, 1921
Charles S. Gilping awarded Springarm Medal for his performance in Eugene O’Neill Emperor Jones.
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