July 13, 1965 – Thurgood Marshall becomes first African American appointed U.S. Solicitor General.
July 14, 1955 – George Washington Carver Monument, first national park honoring an African American, is dedicated in Joplin, MO.
July 15, 1867 – Maggie Lena Walker, first woman and first African American to become president of a bank.
July 16, 1862 – Anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells Barnett born.
July 17, 1953 – Jesse D. Locker appointed U.S. Ambassador to Liberia.
July 18, 1939 – Saxophonist Coleman Hawkins records “Body and Soul” one of the classics of jazz.
July 19, 1925 – Paris debut of Josephine Baker, entertainer, activist and humanitarian.
