June 13, 1967: Thurgood Marshall was nominated to become the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. He became one of...

Happy Birthday to Hall of Fame pitcher William “Bill” Hendrick Foster (b. June 12, 1904, in Calvert, TX), who won 140 games while only...

June 11, 1911: Marcus Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities’ League (UNIA-ACL), a...