Black History Facts for Today by Yenoba.com

June 17
Peter Salem and Salem Poor fought in the American Revolution with other Black soldiers at the Battle of Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill on this date in 1775.

James Weldon Johnson, co-composer of the "Black National Anthem" and the first black person admitted to the Florida Bar, was born in Jacksonville, FL, on this date in 1871.

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