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July 18, 1966: Time-lapse photograph of Gemini 10 launch. The Gemini 10 mission, with astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins, was launched from complex 19 at Cape Kennedy at 5:20 p.m. [47] Less than two hours later, the Gemini Atlas-Agena target vehicle from complex 14 at 3:40 p.m. local time.
Black History Month: Black Students Union: 1970: February in the United States and Canada, October in the United Kingdom and Ireland June: African-American Music Appreciation Month: 1979: December 26 to January 1: Kwanzaa: 1966
Black History Month is an annually observed commemorative month originating in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month. [4] It began as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the African diaspora, initially lasting a week before becoming a month-long observation since 1970. [5]
Black History Month began as merely a week back in 1926 thanks to the efforts of one man: Carter G. Woodson. ... On Aug. 30, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was confirmed by the U.S. Senate, becoming the ...
February 1, 2023 at 5:30 AM. 1 / 2. ... Black History Month began over 100 years ago with a weeklong celebration. It was called “Negro History Week” then, coined by the late Black historian ...
In the first week of January 1923, Rosewood, Florida, a predominantly Black town of about 200 people, was completely destroyed by an angry white mob, and residents who weren’t killed were driven ...
July – The Chicago Surrealist Group is founded by Franklin and Penelope Rosemont with others. July 4. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act, which goes into effect the following year. The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) endorses the goal of Black Power at a well attended convention in Baltimore, Maryland. Martin ...
What is now known as Black History Month started out as Black History Week, and was created thanks to Carter G. Woodson.Woodson founded the Association for the Study of African American Life and ...