1. In 1843, Sojourner Truth begins travel as abolitionist speaker. 2. In 1862 Slavery abolished in all US possessions. 3. In 1886, W. H. Richardson Received Patent for Cotton Chopper 4. In 1968, Henry Lewis became the first Black Musical Director of an American Symphony Orchestra. 5. in 2020, David a 53-year-old African-American man, was fatally shot by the Kentucky National Guard in Louisville during protests over the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
Events In African American History for June 01
November 3, 2020
Written by Johnny B. Moore
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