* Today in Black History - January 11 *
1870 - The first reconstruction legislature meets in Jackson,
Mississippi. Thirty one of the 106 representatives and five
of the 33 senators are African American.
1892 - William D. McCoy, of Indiana, is appointed United States
Minister to Liberia.
1902 - Acknowledging the increasing attention African American
athletes receive, the Baltimore "Afro-American" states, "Mr.
[Joe] Gans gets more space in the white papers than all the
respectable colored people in the state." Gans is the world
lightweight boxing champion and first native African
American world title holder.
1924 - James Isaac Moore is born in Lobdell, Louisiana (outside of
Baton Rouge). During the 1940's he will teach himself how
to play the harmonica and begin working juke joints, clubs,
parties, and picnics in Louisiana. He will become a major
blues musician, a leading exponent of the swamp blues style,
and "one of the most commercially successful blues artists
of his day". His most successful and influential recordings
will include "I'm a King Bee" (1957), "Rainin' In My Heart"
(1961), and "Baby Scratch My Back" (1966) which will reach
no.1 on the Rhythm & Blues chart and no.16 on the US pop
chart. A master of the blues harmonica, his stage name will
be derived from the popular nickname for that instrument,
the "harp". He will work professionally with his brother-in
-law, Lightnin' Slim and will be known as "Slim Harpo." He
will be a big influence on British blues-rockers of the
mid-Sixties. He will join the ancestors on January 31, 1970,
after succumbing to a sudden heart attack.
1936 - Charles W. Anderson enters the Kentucky House of
Representatives as its first elected African American member.
He will serve for six consecutive terms and will help to
dismantle legal segregation in his state, when his bill
allowing African American and white nurses to go to the same
school is passed in 1948.
1947 - Andrea Evangelina Rodriguez Perozo joins the ancestors in the
Dominican Republic. She had been seized for her opposition to
the regime of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo and her strong criticism
of the government. She had been held in a fortress and tortured.
She will be later abandoned on a road near the town of Hato
Mayor, where she will succumb to her wounds after several days
of agony. She had been the first woman to graduate from medical
school in the Dominican Republic, becoming the first woman
physician to practice in that country.
1957 - Darryl Dawkins is born in Orlando, Florida. He will become
one of only five players to enter the NBA right out of high
school and survive. He will go on to play for fourteen
seasons. He will be most noted for his days with the NBA's
Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets, although he will also play
briefly for the Detroit Pistons and Utah Jazz late in his career.
His nickname, "Chocolate Thunder", will be bestowed upon him by
Stevie Wonder. He will be known for his powerful dunks, which will
lead to the NBA adopting breakaway rims due to his shattering the
backboard on two occasions in 1979. He will average double figures
in scoring nine times in his 14 years in the NBA, often ranking
among the league leaders in field-goal percentage. He will also
play in the NBA Finals three times as a member of the Philadelphia
76ers in the late 1970s and early 1980s. On the flip side, he will
set an NBA record for fouls in a season (386 in 1983–84), and will
never quite live up to the expectations that had been heaped upon
him when he was drafted out of high school. He will join the
ancestors on August 27, 2015 after succumbing to a heart attack
1960 - Chad declares its independence from France.
1961 - Racially motivated disturbance erupts on the University of
Georgia campus as a result of civil rights demonstrations by
African American students. African American students
Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes are suspended but will
be reinstated by a federal court order. Hunter-Gault will
become an Emmy award-winning journalist with "The
MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour."
1962 - Nelson Mandela leaves South Africa, traveling to Ethiopia,
Algeria, and England to speak out against apartheid in South
Africa.
1985 - Reuben V. Anderson is appointed as judge on the Mississippi
Supreme Court. He will be the first African American named to the
court.
1986 - L. Douglas Wilder, of Virginia, is sworn in as the first
African American Lt. Governor since reconstruction.
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