On This Day In Black History; June 12th

• 1774 ~ Rhode Island becomes the 1st state to prohibit the importation of slaves. No matter, for 3 generations US Senator james dewolf's family (and others) continued to trade and prosper on the backs of Slaves. The dewolfs cut a deal with Sally Hemings' lover and father to 6 of her children, slaveholder & president thomas jefferson, allowing that despite this and other anti-slave trade laws, over the years his family kidnapped and sold over 10,000 Africans into slavery and were reportedly the nations largest abuser of human trafficking laws (Slave traders) from 1769 - 1820. At the time of his death, the senator was the 2nd richest person in the country. Imagine That! To their credit, it was members of the DeWolf family that exposed this hipocrisy...



• 1886 ~ The Georgia State Supreme Court sustained the last testament and will of wealthy bachelor David Dickson, a former slaveholder who bequeathed more than 1/2 million dollars to his daughter Amanda Eubanks, making her the wealthiest Negro in America. Go David!!! White relatives of Dickson contested the will on the grounds that it was illegal for a White man to leave property to his Black illegitimate children. They Lost... And sometimes, just sometimes, there is "Justice For ALL" I'm Just Sayin'... (smile)



• 1893 ~ Thomas W. Stewart patents the mop



• 1963 ~ Medgar W. Evers, Civil Rights Activist & NAACP Field Secretary, was shot in the back and assassinated in front of his Jackson, Mississippi home. At his 3rd trial in 1994, a jury of 8 Blacks & 4 Whites, viewed the same evidence from the two previous trials and convicted the cowardly byron de la beckwith for 1st degree murder. On 01/21/2001 de la beckwith died much too soon of heart disease at the tender age of 80. satan undoubtedly welcomed return of his "soul" which was over nighted directly from prison. I'm Just Guessin'... May de la beckwith continue to suffer. His conviction was slow Justice, but ultimately "Justice For All", thanks to the tenacity and persistence of his wife, Myrlie Evers.



• 1967 ~ The U.S. Supreme Court strikes down a VA miscegenation law establishing that no state can prohibit interracial marriage or cohabitation. (Loving v. Virgina - Google it)



• 1967 ~ President Lyndon Johnson appoints U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Thurgood Marshall to fill vacancy of retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clark. Followng a heated senate debate on August 30, Marshall’s nomination was confirmed by a vote of 69 to 11. Two days later, he was sworn in making him the 1st (and some would say the ONLY) African American in history to sit on America’s highest court



• 1989 ~ US Supreme Court ruled in favor of allowing workers to file lawsuits where they felt they had been adversely affected by Affirmative Action policies intended to level the playing field and right the discriminatory ills of the past. The concept of "reverse discrimination" is born. Justice Marshall dissented. (Martin v. Wilks)



• 1991 ~ Michael Jordan leads Chicago Bulls in win over L.A. Lakers to capture his first NBA Championship. Fast Forward 20 years, LeBron will do the same! Go HEAT!!! Sorry, I just could not resist... (smile)