On June 21, 1927, Carl Stokes was born. One reason we celebrate his birthday is the fact he was the first major American city mayor to be black. Being the first black mayor of a major city in the U.S. is not the only accomplishment that deserves recognition. He was a US Ambassador, an Ohio […]
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Carl Stokes – June 21st in African American History
By Chimsima Zuhri on June 21, 2014 in African American History, June, Law, Military, Politics
Tags: April 3, Army, Cleveland Marshal Law School, House of Representatives, June 21, Mayor, University of Minnesota
Joseph Rainey – June 21st in African American History
June 21, in 1832, Joseph Hayne Rainey was born a slave in the rice-growing region of Georgetown, South Carolina. 1832 was a tumultuous time for race relations in America. The Nat Turner Rebellion of August 1831, in which a slave preacher led a band of enslaved men on a killing spree in Virginia, still caused […]
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