On this day in 1960, 126 young delegates from 12 states responded to the call from Ella Baker and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, and met at a conference in Raleigh, North Carolina to form the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). This group became the ‘youth’ wing of the Civil Rights struggles.
On this day in 1974 in Atlanta, ‘Hammering’ Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s then 33-year home run record by hitting number 715. He had received thousands of death threats for daring to beat a record such as that.
Marian Anderson, singer, civil rights activist, passed away on this day in 1993 in Portland, Oregon. She had stood up for civil and human rights most of her life, including performing a concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial after she had been denied a concert performance at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC.
Robert Louis Johnson, entrepreneur, public relations expert, media magnate, executive, and philanthropist, was born on this day in 1946. He created the Black Entertainment Television Networks in 1980, and he later sold it to Viacom.
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