Race riot, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Twenty-one whites and sixty Blacks were killed.

Andrew F. Brimmer became the first Black governor of the Federal Reserve Board.

Upon leaving the Federal Reserve Board in August 1974, I taught courses on capital markets and finance at the Harvard Business School for two years. I established my economic and financial consulting firm (Brimmer & Co. Inc.) in July 1976, and I continue to operate it. I also serve on several corporate boards--including Bank of America and DuPont. From June 1978 through November 1994, I was a public governor of the Commodity Exchange, Inc. In that role, I chaired the Special Silver Committee which resolved the Hunt Silver Crises in 1979-80. In 1991-93, I served as co-chairman of the National Commission on Financial Institution Reform, Recovery & Enforcement. Our report, entitled Origins and Cases of the S&L Debacle: A Blueprint for Reform, was published in July 1993. On June 1, 1995, President Clinton appointed me chairman of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority. This financial control board was appointed to oversee Washington, D.C.s fiscal affairs and to help restore the city to financial health. - Andrew F. Brimmer

from: Woodrow - The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. 12/95

Approximately 2,400 persons attended White House Conference on Civil Rights.

She died on June 1, 1997 at the age of 63.

The 5th National Negro Convention met in Philadelphia and urged blacks to abandon theuse of terms African and colored when referring to Negro institutions, organizations and to themselves.

Florida General Assembly (nineteen Blacks, fifty-seven whites) met in Tallahassee.

Texas constitutional convention (nine Blacks, eighty-one whites) met in Austin.

WGPR BECOMES THE 1ST TELEVISION station owned by

African Americans- given a permit to operate.

Sixth national Black convention met in Philadelphia with thirty-five delegates from six states and the District of Columbia.

Bernard Squires was the president of the Omaha chapter of the Urban League from 1935 to 1939 and the Seattle chapter of the Urban League from 1939 to 1943. Squires was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1904. He graduated from high school in Toledo, and went on to Ohio State University before graduating in 1930 from the University of Toledo. While at the University of Toledo, he became the first African American to be elected to the student council. Squires went on to graduate study at Western Reserve University, eventually earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology and sociology.

Growing up, Bernard Squires had seen his father work at a newspaper and as a clerk for the legislature, so he had an early interest in political dealings. After working for several years at various aid agencies in Cleveland, Squires was appointed Executive Secretary of the Omaha Urban League in 1935. As Executive Secretary, in 1939, he attended the National Conference of Social Work in Seattle. His speech at the conference amazed the Seattle members of the Urban League in attendance, and they offered him the Executive Secretary position in Seattle. On June 1, 1939, Squires, his wife Melvina, and three children, moved to Seattle.

At this time, Boeing was rapidly expanding their manufacturing in order to keep up with the demand of the war effort. However, the growing African American population of the region was being discriminated against both by businesses and labor unions, and was not able to take advantage of these opportunities. In 1940, Squires led negotiations with the machinist’s union in an attempt to end their discriminatory practices. Initially, Squires’ entreaty was accepted, but internal squabbling over Communists at the union proved that they had no intention of removing their exclusion of African Americans. Eventually, in 1942, the union relented due to pressure from the federal government and an increased labor shortage.

Bernard Squires also was involved with the National Association for Advancement of the Community

South Africa rejoined the Commonwealth after an absence of 33 years.

Sojourner Truth left New York and began her career as an antislavery activist.

Solomon George Washington Dill, poor white ally of Black Republicans, assassinated in his home by white terrorists. Dill had allegedly made incendiary speeches to South Carolina Blacks.

Morgan Freeman , (born June 1, 1937, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.), American actor whose emotional depth and versatility made him one of the most-respected performers of his generation. Over a career that included numerous memorable performances on stage, screen, and television, Freeman was one of the few African American actors who consistently received roles that were not specifically written for black actors.

As a young man, Freeman had aspirations of being a fighter pilot; however, a stint in the air force (1955–59) proved disappointing, and he turned his attention to acting. He made his Broadway debut in an all-black production of Hello Dolly! in 1967. In the 1970s he continued to work on the stage and also appeared on the educational children’s television show The Electric Company as the character Easy Reader. Freeman’s performance in the film Brubaker (1980) and on the soap opera Another World (1982–84), along with several enthusiastic reviews for his theatrical work in the early 1980s, led to more challenging film roles. His portrayal of a dangerous hustler in Street Smart (1987) earned Freeman his first Academy Award nomination, for best supporting actor. He was later nominated for a best-actor Oscar for his work in Driving Miss Daisy (1989), in which he re-created the role of Hoke after first performing it onstage. He evinced a disciplinarian principal in Lean on Me (1989), a hard-hearted Civil War soldier in Glory (1989), and an aging gunslinger in Unforgiven (1992). He made his directorial debut with the antiapartheid film Bopha! (1993). A third Oscar nomination came for his soulful turn as a convict in The Shawshank Redemption (1994).

Freeman later appeared in several crime dramas, including Se7en (1995), Kiss the Girls (1997), and Along Came a Spider (2001)—the latter two based on James Patterson novels—as well as The Sum of All Fears (2002). He won an Academy Award for best supporting actor for his performance as a former boxer in Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby (2004) before appearing