July 1, 1889 - Frederick Douglass named
U.S. Minister to Haiti.
July 2, 1872 - Elijah McCoy patents his
first self-lubricating
locomotive engine. The quality of his
inventions helped coin the
phrase "The Real McCoy".
July 3, 1688 - The Quakers in Germantown,
Pa., make the first formal
protest against slavery.
July 4, 1900 - Trumpeter Louis "Satchmo"
Armstrong, jazz pioneer, born.
July 5, 1892 - Andrew J. Beard patents
rotary engine.
July 6, 1957 - Althea Gibson wins women's
singles title at Wimbledon,
becoming first African American to win
tennis's most prestigious award.
July 7, 1948 - Cleveland Indians sign
pitcher Leroy "Satchel" Paige.
July 8, 1943 - Faye Wattleton, first African
American director of
Planned Parenthood, born.
July 9, 1893 - Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
performs first successful
open-heart operation.
July 10, 1875 - Educator Mary McLeod
Bethune, founder of Bethune-
Cookman College, born.
July 11, 1905 - W.E.B. Dubois and William
Monroe Trotter organize the
Niagara Movement, which demanded abolition
of all race distinctions.
July 12, 1949 - Frederick M. Jones patents
air-conditioning unit used
in food transportation vehicles.
July 13, 1965 - Thurgood Marshall becomes
first African American
appointed U.S. Solicitor General.
July 14, 1955 - George Washington Carver
Monument, first national
park honoring an African American, is
dedicated in Joplin, Mo.
July 15, 1867 - Maggie Lena Walker, first
woman and first African
American to become president of a bank.
July 16, 1862 - Anti-lynching activist Ida
B. Wells Barnett born.
July 17, 1953 - Jesse D. Locker appointed
U.S. Ambassador to Liberia
July 18, 1939 - Saxophonist Coleman Hawkins
records "Body and Soul"
one of the classics of jazz.
July 19, 1925 - Paris debut of Josephine
Baker, entertainer, activist
and humanitarian.
July 20, 1950 - First U.S. victory in Korea
won by Black troops of
the 24th Infantry Regiment.
July 21, 1896 - Mary Church Terrell elected
first president of the
National Association of Colored Women.
July 22, 1939 - Jane M. Bolin of New York
City, appointed first
African American female judge.
July 23, 1778 - More than 700 Blacks
participate in Battle of
Monmouth (NJ).
July 24, 1807 - Shakespearean actor Ira
Aldridge, born in New York
City.
July 25, 1916 - Garrett Morgan, inventor of
the gas mask, rescues six
people from gas-filled tunnel in Cleveland,
Ohio.
July 26, 1948 - President Harry S. Truman
issues Executive Order
9981, ending segregation in the U.S. armed
forces.
July 27, 1880 - Alexander P. Ashbourne
patents process for refining
coconut oil.
July 28, 1868 - 14th Amendment granting
Blacks full citizenship
rights, becomes part of the Constitution.
July 29, 1895 - First National Conference of
Colored Women Convention
is held in Boston.
July 30, 1822 - James Varick becomes first
bishop of African
Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
July 31, 1874 - Patrick Francis Healy
inaugurated as president of
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
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