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06/19/2026

Happy Birthday and Congratulations to our Soul of the Shoals Winner!
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06/19/2026

06/19/2026

On this day in 1968, fifty thousand demonstrators participated in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign. Marchers walked from Washington Monument to Lincoln Monument, where they were addressed by Vice-president Humphrey, presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy, Coretta Scott King and Ralph Abernathy.

06/18/2026

On this day in 1941, Tuskegee scientist, George Washington Carver was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by the University of Rochester.

06/17/2026

Happy Birthday and Congratulations to our Soul of the Shoals Winner!

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06/17/2026

On this day in 1862, Congress authorized President Lincoln to accept blacks in Union Army.

06/16/2026

On this day in 2002, Tiger Woods wins the U.S. Open Golf Tournament.

06/15/2026

On this day in 1968, Ellen Holly becomes the first African American on daytime television as Carla on One Life to Live.

06/14/2026

On this day in 1939, The Ethel Waters Show, a variety special appears on NBC. It is the first time an African American appears on television.