Selected Black Facts for July 2

Today in Black History for July 2^nd

Selected Black Facts for July 2

1.	2001 - Robert Tools Robert Tools becomes the first recipient in the world of the Abiocor, self contained artificial heart at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky.
2.	1991 - President George Bush nominated conservative black Clarence Thomas to replace Thurgood Marshall.
3.	1946 - Death of Anthony Overton Death of Anthony Overton (81), publisher, cosmetics manufacturer and banker, Chicago.
4.	1937 - 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 organization's Executive Secretary, his investigations of lynchings, and his lobbying for a federal anti-lynching law.
5.	1908 - Thurgood Marshall born in Baltimore Thurgood Marshall born in Baltimore.
6.	1908 - The first Black Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, born, 1908
7.	1872 - E. McCoy patents steam engine lubricator McCoy, E. Lubricator for Steam Engines July 02, 1872 Patent No. 129,843
8.	1822 - Denmark Vesey and five of his aides hanged Denmark Vesey and five of his aides hanged at Blake's Landing, Charleston, South Carolina.
9.	1822 - Denmark Vessey Hanged In the same year of Gabriel Prosser's death, 1800, a slave named Denmark Vesey gained his freedom in Charleston, South Carolina. Warning that God helps those who helps themselves, Vesey laid the plans for a massive slave revolt and enlisted the aid of over 9,000 slaves. Using information cells which only allowed cer...
10.	1822 - largest slave rebellionin in the history of the Un On July 2,1822, Denmark Vesey and five of his co-conspirators were hanged in a desolate marsh outside Charleston,South Carolina.They had been betrayed by black informers who revealed Vesey's attempt to launch the largest slave rebellionin in the history of the United States.The buried history of America's

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