Black Facts for June 16th

Siege of Petersburg and Richmond began
Siege of Petersburg and Richmond began. Thirty-two Black infantry regiments and Black cavalry regiments were involved in siege. Black troops were especially prominent in following engagements: Deep Bottom, August 14-16; Darbytown Road, October 13; Fair Oaks, October 27-28; Hatchers Run, October
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Jun
16
1864
Natalie Cole's album, Unforgettable is released.
Natalie Coles album, Unforgettable is released.
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Jun
16
1996
Adam Wade hosts the Nationally televised game show Musical Chairs. He is the fi
Adam Wade hosts the Nationally televised game show Musical Chairs. He is the first African American game show host.
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Jun
16
1975
(1858) Abraham Lincoln, “A House Divided”
On June 16, 1858, only three hours after he received the Republican nomination for the United States Senate from Illinois, Abraham Lincoln gave his A House Divided speech, perhaps the most famous oration from an anti-slavery politician delivered before the U.S. Civil War.  That speech appears
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Jun
16
1858
Tony Gwynn
Anthony Keith Gwynn, Sr., better known as Tony Gwynn, was a baseball pro who played for the San Diego Padres. He was born on May 9, 1960 in Los Angeles, California to Charles and Vendella Gwynn. The family moved to Long Beach, California when he 9 years old. He had two brothers, an elder brother
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Jun
16
2014
Hector Petersen, a 13 year old Soweto schoolboy is the first to die in what will
Hector Petersen, a 13 year old Soweto schoolboy is the first to die in what will become the Childrens Crusade, the first nationwide black South African uprising in the 1970s. The violence will last 16 month and result in 5700 death, 3,900 injuries, and 5,900 detentions.
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Jun
16
1976
Pierce, Roger Dwayne (1951--)
Roger D. Pierce, U.S. Ambassador to Cape Verde, was born in Omaha, Nebraska.  Pierce earned his B.A. degree in Spanish Language and Latin American Studies at Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia.  He received his M.A. in Latin American Literature at the University of Maryland in
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Jun
16
2005
Bankhead, Mary Lucille Perkins (1902–1994)
Mary Lucille Perkins Bankhead, lifelong resident of Salt Lake City and member of the Genesis Group leadership, was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on August 9, 1902. Her father, Sylvester Perkins, was a cowboy and farmer.  Her mother, Martha Anne Jane Stevens Perkins Howell, was a homemaker and
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Jun
16
1994
Race riot, Beaumont, Texas
Race riot, Beaumont, Texas. Two killed.
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Jun
16
1943
Clayton Powell almost dismissed from Government
U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the suspension of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. from the House of Representatives was unconstitutional.
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Jun
16
1969
Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods wins the U.S. Open Golf Tournament.
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Jun
16
2002
Soweto, South Africa (1904- )
Soweto, an acronym for “South Western Townships,” is a grouping of townships scattered across twenty kilometers southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa.  A quintessential example of segregationist planning, Soweto initially was the result of mass evictions and evacuations of black
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Jun
16
1976
Racial disturbance
Racial disturbance, Jacksonville, Florida.
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Jun
16
1971
Mayor of Newark
Kenneth A Gibson elected mayor of Newark.
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Jun
16
1970
Reinhardt, John Edward (1920- )
John Edward Reinhardt, ambassador and diplomat, was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1920. After serving in World War II, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Knoxville College in 1939, a Masters degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1947, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of
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Jun
16
2004
(1926) George S. Schulyer, “The Negro-Art Hokum”
At the high point of the Harlem Renaissance where many African American artists and a growing number of white art critics were praising the outpouring of racially-influenced novels, poetry, prose, painting, and sculpture, George S. Schuyler published a searing critique rejecting the idea that the
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Jun
16
1926
Race riot in Florida
Race riot, Miami, Florida.
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Jun
16
1970
Kenneth A Gibson elected the first African American mayor of Newark. In 1976, he
Kenneth A Gibson elected the first African American mayor of Newark. In 1976, he will be elected the first African American president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
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Jun
16
1970
War of 1812
War of 1812: Although the U.S. Army did not enlist African Americans after the Revolutionary War, the U.S. Navy continued to use African Americans as seamen because of the perennial shortage of white sailors. The African American presence in the navy placed them at the center of the naval incident
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Jun
16
2002
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