today in black history

June 30, 2025

Mrs. Alberta Williams King, the mother of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was murdered in 1974 while at the organ at Ebenezer Baptist Church.

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In 1964 Mississippi resident Fannie Lou Hamer addresses the Democratic National Convention credentials committee in Atlantic City, New Jersey and demands voting rights for African-Americans.





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