Benjamin E. Mays, who has been called “the greatest school master of his generation,” named president of Morehouse College.
On this date in 1933, Former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Ronald H Brown was appointed head of the Department of Commerce by President-elect Bill Clinton, 1993
On this date in 19993, Barbara Ross-Lee, practicing family physician, Naval officer, and medical educator, assumed the position as dean of Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine in East Lansing Michigan. This position made her the first Black woman to head a medical school in the United States.
ON this date in 1979, James Patterson Lyke installed as auxiliary bishop of the Cleveland diocese of the Roman Catholic Church.
On this date in 1964, Arthur Ashe, first Black male to win Wimbledon, becomes first Black person named to the US Davis Cup team.
On this date in 1961, Whitney Young Jr. named executive director of the National Urban League.
On this date in 1960, Dahomey proclaimed independent. Independence was also celebrated in Niger (August 3), Upper Volta (August 5), Ivory Coast (August 8), Chad (August 11), Congo Brazzaville (August 15), Gabon (August 17), and Senegal (August 20).
On this date in 1944, Adam Clayton Powell elected first Black congressman from East.
On this date in 1943, a Race riot occurred in Harlem. (From 8/1 through 8/2).
On this date in 1941, Former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Ronald H Brown was born.
ON this date in 1930, Actor Geoffrey Holder was born on the island of Trinidad, British West Indies.
On this date in 1925, The National Bar Association is the National Bar Association incorporated in Des Moines.
On this date in 1920, The National convention of Marcus Garvey’s Universal Improvement Association opened in Liberty Hall in Harlem. The next night Garvey addressed twenty-five thousand African Americans in Madison Square Garden. Garvey’s nationalist movement reached its height in 1920-21.
