June 6, 1831 – First annual “People of Color” convention was held in Philadelphia. June 7, 1917 – Poetess Gwendolyn Brooks, first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize (Poetry 1950), was born. June 8, 1953 – Supreme Court ruling banned discrimination in Washington, DC restaurants. June 9, 1995 – Lincoln J. Ragsdale, pioneer fighter […]
