August 20, 2008 Eugene Thurman Upshaw, Jr., hall of fame football player and labor leader, died. Eugene Thurman Upshaw was born August 15, 1945 in Robstown, Texas. He played college football at Texas A&I University and earned his Bachelor of Science degree in 1968. Upshaw was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the 1967 AFL Draft. […]
Archive | August 20, 2011
August 20th in African American History – Stephanie Tubbs Jones
August 20, 2008 Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first African American woman elected to Congress from Ohio, died. Stephanie Tubbs Jones was born September 10, 1949 in Cleveland, Ohio. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from Case Western Reserve University in 1971 and Doctorate of Jurisprudence degree from the Case Western Reserve University School […]