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July 1, 1944: Cleveland Call and Post highlights Annie Booker, a mother with three sons serving in Army during WWII.
July 2, 1991: Clarence Thomas nominated to U.S. Supreme Court by President George Bush, reported in Philadelphia Tribune.
July 3, 1976: Women fight sex bias, reported in Pittsburgh Courier.
July 4: Frederick Douglass’ speech “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?“ in Philadelphia Tribune (1933 & 1993), Chicago Defender (1971), and New York Amsterdam News (1983).
July 5, 1947: Eviction crisis reported in Cleveland Call and Post.
July 6, 1950: African-American swimmers in Los Angeles Sentinel.
July 7, 1977: African-American Family History Association meets in Atlanta, reported in Atlanta Daily World.
July 8, 1933: Soprano Matilda Sissieretta Jones mourned in Norfolk Journal and Guide.
July 9, 1927: Alain Locke returns to Howard University, reported in Baltimore Afro-American.
July 10, 1971: Ophelia DeVore and Florynce Kennedy sue Life Magazine, reported in New York Amsterdam News.
July 11, 1914: White neighbors harass black homeowner in West Philadelphia, reported in Philadelphia Tribune.
July 12, 1930: Telephone advertisement in Norfolk Journal and Guide.
July 13, 1963: Chicago Defender editorial on Maryland civil rights activist Gloria Richardson.
July 14, 1926: New York Amsterdam News reports on Empire State Federation of Women’s Clubs.
July 15, 1937: U.S. Navy sailor Robert Starks Jr. helps search for Amelia Earhart, reported in Cleveland Call and Post.
July 16, 1948: African American men involved with United Nations profiled in Atlanta Daily World.
July 17, 1909: Richard Robert Wright Sr. and the National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools, reported in Baltimore Afro-American.
July 18, 1966: Chicago Defender on West Side conflicts between residents and police. Guest post by Catrien Egbert and Yasmin Mitchel, DePaul University and Chicago History Museum.
July 19, 1951: Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s epic wedding covered in Los Angeles Sentinel.
July 20, 1929: Advertisement for Auburn Straight Eight cars in Pittsburgh Courier.
July 21, 1951: Air Force veteran and family face violence in all-white Cicero, Illinois, reported in Chicago Defender. Guest Post by Mark Speltz.
July 22, 1969: Black press coverage of Apollo moon landing.
July 23, 1927: Baltimore Afro-American on the sinking of the ship Majestic in Chesapeake Bay.
July 24, 1977: Atlanta Daily World reports on a conference at Howard University regarding Regents of the University of California v. Bakke affirmative action case.
July 25, 1981: New York Amsterdam News on Black and Hispanic construction workers protesting at Trump Tower in Manhattan.
July 26, 1947: Cleveland Call and Post reports on WWII veteran and family living in garage.
July 27, 1939: Los Angeles Sentinel announces opening of new dress shop.
July 28. 1939: Actress and singer Abbie Mitchell returns from three years performing abroad, reported in Norfolk Journal and Guide.
July 29, 1944: Dr. Lonnie Smith (of Smith v. Allwright case) goes to the polls in Texas, reported in Philadelphia Tribune.
July 30, 1955: “Heroes in Blue” series profiles black police officers in Pittsburgh Courier.
July 31, 1909: Rail travel over Santa Fe Trail featured in Chicago Defender.
