Selected Black Facts for July 23 1. 1984 - Vanessa Williams Vanessa Williams relinquishes her Miss America crown. She is replaced by Suzette Charles, the first runner-up. Share this Fact! 2. 1968 - Race riot in Cleveland Race riot, Cleveland. Eleven persons, including three policemen, were killed and National Guard was mobilized. Riot was sparked by alleged ambush of police detail by Black radicals. Share this Fact! 3. 1967 - Out of Control riots Forty-three persons killed in rebellion in Detroit. Federal troops were called out for the first time since the Detroit riot of 1943 to quell the largest racial rebellion in a U.S. city in the twentieth century. More than two thousand persons were injured and some five thousand were arrested. Police reported 1, 442 f... Share this Fact! 4. 1962 - Jackie Robinson inducted into Hall of Fame Baseball great Jackie Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Share this Fact! 5. 1948 - Progressive party convention Progressive party convention, meeting in Philadelphia, nominated Henry Wallace for President. New Party made major effort to attract Blacks. Approximately 150 Black delegates and alternates attended the convention. The keynote speaker was Charles P. Howard, and attorney, publisher and former Republican from Des Moine... Share this Fact! 6. 1924 - Physician, Louis Tompkins Wright was born, 1924 Physician, Louis Tompkins Wright was born, 1924 Share this Fact! 7. 1900 - Pan-African Congress met in London Pan-African Congress met in London. Among the leaders of the Congress were H. Sylvester Williams, a West Indian Lawyer with a London practice, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Bishop Alexander Walters. Share this Fact! 8. 1868 - 14th Amendment validates citizenship 14th Amendment validates citizenship for African Americans
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