This Week In Black History July 3 – 9, 2024

1957—Althea Gibson becomes the first Black person (male or female) to win the singles championship at Wim­bledon.
JULY 3
1775—Prince Hall founds African Lodge Number One—the first Black lodge of Free Masons in the Unit­ed States. Hall would become the pioneer builder of Black Masons in America. He was also a leading voice against slavery and for Black rights in the North.
1962—The first Black man permitted to play Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson, is named t