Today in Black History for June 27th Selected Black Facts for June 27 1. 1991 - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall announces his retirement 2. 1972 - Patricia Roberts Harris Patricia Roberts Harris, the first African American U.S. Ambassador is named permanent chairman of the Democratic National Convention. She will later be appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services and Secretary of Housing and Urban development 3. 1967 - Race riot in New York Race riot, Buffalo, New York. Two hundred arrested. 4. 1939 - F.M. Jones patents ticket dispenser Jones, F. M. Ticket Dispensing Machine June 27, 1939 Patent No. 2163754 5. 1939 - Ticket Dispensing Machine invented Frederick Jones invents the ticket dispensing machine, patent #2163754. 6. 1914 - U.S. signed treaty of commerce with Ethiopia U.S. signed treaty of commerce with Ethiopia. 7. 1890 - First Black World Title George Dixon, born in Africville, (Halifax), Nova Scotia becomes the first Black to hold a WORLD title in boxing. George beat Nunc Wallace in the Pelican Club in England & recieved $4,250.00 8. 1872 - Poet Paul Laurence Dunbar born Poet Paul Laurence Dunbar born in Dayton, Ohio. 9. 1872 - Paul Laurence Dunbar was born on this day. Paul Laurence Dunbar was born on this day. 10. 1833 - Prudence Crandall Prudence Crandall, a liberal white woman, arrested for conducting an academy for Black females in Canterbury, Connecticut. The academy was later closed.
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