Black History On This Day June 21st

first African American representative in the U.S. House of Representatives born (1832 - 1887) Joseph Haynes Rainey, first African American...

Guinn v United States (1915) The Supreme Court declared the grandfather clauses...

Marcus Garvey sentenced to five years in prison (1923) Marcus Garvey sentenced to five years for mail...

first African American mayor of a major U.S. city born (1927 - 1996) Carl Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio...

R&B singer Brenda Holloway born (1946) R&B singer Brenda Holloway born in Atascadero,...