Blackfacts - Just the Facts!

Yesterday

Black Facts for July 2^nd

Tomorrow

Medgar Evers - Birthday

Medgar Evers , in full Medgar Wiley Evers (born July 2, 1925, Decatur, Miss.

Source: Brittanica

Jul

2

1925

Patrice Lumumba - Birthday

Patrice Lumumba , in full Patrice Hemery Lumumba (born July 2, 1925, Onalua, Belgian Congo [now the Democratic Republic of the Congo]—died January 1961, Katanga province), African nationalist leader, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (June–September 1960).

Source: Brittanica

Jul

2

1925

(1964) Lyndon B. Johnson, “Radio and Television Address at the Signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act"

The Civil Rights Act is considered by many historians as one of the most important measures enacted by the U.S. Congress in the 20th Century. President Lyndon B. Johnson led the national effort to pass the Act. On July 2, 1964 he gave a televised address to the nation after signing the

Source: Black Past

Jul

2

1964

E. McCoy patents steam engine lubricator

McCoy, E. Lubricator for Steam Engines July 02, 1872 Patent No. 129,843

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jul

2

1872

Slavery Abolishment

Vermont became the first American colony to abolish slavery. By 1783 slavery was prohibited in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Pennsylvania passed a gradual emancipation law in 1780. Connecticut and Rhode Island barred slavery in 1784 and were followed by New York (gradual emancipation) and New

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jul

2

1777

Brown, Gayleatha Beatrice (1947-2013)

On July 2, 2009 President Barack Obama appointed Gayleatha Beatrice Brown to be the United States ambassador to Burkina Faso, a nation in West Africa. This was her second ambassadorial appointment. Previously, Brown had been appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as U.S. Ambassador to

Source: Black Past

Jul

2

2009

Thurgood Marshall - Birthday

Thurgood Marshall , originally Thoroughgood Marshall (born July 2, 1908, Baltimore, Maryland, U.

Source: Brittanica

Jul

2

1908

Born on this day Edward Bullins

Edward Bullins: playwright and pioneer in the Black Arts Movement

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jul

2

1935

Pilot shot down Nazi plane

Lt. Charles Hall, Brazil, Ind., became first Black pilot to shoot down Nazi plane.

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jul

2

1943

Activist Medgar Evers born

Civil Rights activist Medgar Evers born in Decatur, Mississippi.

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jul

2

1925

Death of Anthony Overton

Death of Anthony Overton (81), publisher, cosmetics manufacturer and banker, Chicago.

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jul

2

1946

The first Black Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, born, 1908

The first Black Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, born in Baltimore.

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jul

2

1908

Robert Tools becomes the first recipient in the world of the Abiocor, self contained artificial heart at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky.

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jul

2

2001

President Garfield shot in Washington, D.C

President Garfield shot in Washington, D.C. He died on September 19 and was succeeded by Vice-president Chester A. Arthur.

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jul

2

1881

Thurgood Marshall - Birthday

Thurgood Marshall, born ‘Thoroughgood Marshall’, was born on July 2, 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Source: Black History Resources

Jul

2

1908

Marshall, Thurgood (1908-1993) - Birthday

Marshall was born on July 2, 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland, the great-grandson of a slave.

Source: Black Past

Jul

2

1908

Medgar Evers - Birthday

Medgar Wiley Evers was born on July 2, 1925 in Decatur, Mississippi.

Source: Black History Resources

Jul

2

1925

Eure Sr., Dexter Dillard (1924-2015)

Dexter Dillard Eure Sr., pioneering black newspaper columnist for the Boston Globe, was born in Suffolk, Virginia, an only child to Luke Eure and Sarah Sharpe. His father left the family when he was an infant and his mother died when he was 12. Eure spent the rest of his young life going back and

Source: Black Past

Jul

2

2015

Denmark Vessey Hanged

In the same year of Gabriel Prossers death, 1800, a slave named Denmark Vesey gained his freedom in

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jul

2

1822

President George Bush nominated conservative black Clarence Thomas to replace Th

President George Bush nominated conservative black Clarence Thomas to replace Thurgood Marshall.

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jul

2

1991

Ed Bullins , (born July 2, 1935, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.), American playwright, novelist, poet, and journalist who emerged as one of the leading and most prolific dramatists of black theatre in the

Source: Brittanica

Jul

2

1935

Black slave woman acquitted of sorcery

Candy, a slave, was acquitted of sorcery following her trial in Salem, Massachusetts.

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jul

2

1692

Foxx, Anthony Renard (1971- )

Anthony Foxx, the seventeenth United States Secretary of Transportation, was born April 30, 1971 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and raised by his mother, Laura Foxx, and grandparents James and Mary Foxx. He graduated from West Charlotte High School in 1989, and four years later received

Source: Black Past

Jul

2

2013

Death of Bishop R. C. Lawson

Bishop R. C. Lawson died July 2, 1961 in New York

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jul

2

1961

Mason, Dawn (1945- )

Dr. Dawn Mason is a former Washington State Representative for the 37th District, an adjunct professor and former member of the Board of Visitors at Antioch University Seattle, and Vision and Planning Team Member for Cultural Reconnection (USA and Kenya). Mason was born in Jersey City, New Jersey

Source: Black Past

Jul

2

1945

Walter F. White honored by NAACP

Walter F. White, an Atlanta-born writer and civil rights leader, was honored by the NAACP in New York City for his work as the organizations Executive Secretary, his investigations of lynchings, and his lobbying for a federal anti-lynching law.

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jul

2

1937

No more facts

Blackfacts BETA RELEASE 11.5.3
(Production Environment)