October 1977

Reggie Jackson hit three home runs on three consecutive pitches from three different pitchers in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series, clinching the championship for the New York Yankees. The performance, one of the greatest individual moments in baseball history, earned Jackson the nickname "Mr. October" and cemented his status as an icon of Black athletic greatness.

Reggie Jackson hits three home runs on three consecutive pitches from three different pitchers in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series, one of the most iconic individual performances in baseball history, earning the nickname Mr. October.

John T. Walker is consecrated as the Episcopal Bishop of Washington, D.C., one of the highest-profile Black church leaders in America's oldest Protestant denomination, a position he uses to advocate for racial justice and the poor.