Black - African American History Facts

The Supreme Court ruled, on this date in 1941, that railroad facilities for blacks must be substantially equal to those of whites. This Jim Crow case was brought by Congressman Arthur W. Mitchell.

Chicago attorney, W. Robert Ming, the first black person to chair a major national veterans organization, was elected Chairman of the American Veterans Committee on this date in 1957.

The WBA and the New York State Athletic Commission stripped Muhammad Ali of his World Heavyweight Boxing title for refusing to enter the Armed Forces on this date in 1967.

Gloria Naylor won the "American Book Award" for best novel for her work, The Women of Brewster Place, on this date in 1983.

Floyd B. McKissick, North Carolina attorney and National Director of CORE died in Durham, NC, on this date in 1991.

Lee P. Brown was nominated Director of the Office of National Drug Policy on this date in 1993. Brown's nomination, by President Bill Clinton, was the first for a black person in this position.