* Today in Black History - October 13 *
1831 - Jo Anderson, a slave, helps invent the grain harvester reaper.
1876 - Meharry Medical College, formally opens at Central Tennessee
College.
1901 - Edith Spurlock (later Sampson) is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
She will graduate from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago in
1925 with a Bachelor of Laws degree. In 1927, she will become
the first African American woman to receive a Masters of Laws
degree from Loyola University. She will become a member of the
Illinois bar in 1927, and be admitted to practice before the
Supreme Court in 1934. She will become the first African
American woman to be named a delegate to the United Nations.
She will serve from 1950 to 1953, first as an appointee of
President Harry S. Truman and later during a portion of the
Eisenhower Administration. She will join the ancestors in 1979.
1902 - Arna Bontemps is born in Alexandria, Louisiana. He will become
a prolific poet, librarian, and author of historical and
juvenile fiction. Among his best-known works will be "God
Sends Sunday" and "Black Thunder", the juvenile books "We Have
Tomorrow" and "The Story of the Negro", and "American Negro
Poetry", which he edited.
1906 - J. Saunders Redding is born in Wilmington, Delaware. He will
become a literary and social critic and author of non-fiction
works on the African American experience, such as "To Make a
Poet Black", "On Being Negro in America", and "Cavalcade:
Negro American Writing from 1760 to the Present."
1914 - Garrett Augustus Morgan, the son of former slaves, receives a
patent for an invention he calls the "Safety Hood and Smoke
Protector," which came to be known as a gas mask.
1924 - Nipsey Russell is born in Atlanta, Georgia. He will become a
comedian and actor. He will star in "Car 54 Where Are You?" (the
movie), "Barefoot in the Park," "Masquerade Party, and Varsity
Blues." He will also be a panelist on "Match Game" and
"Hollywood Squares."
1925 - Garland Anderson's "Appearances" opens at the Frolic Theatre
on Broadway. It is the first full-length Broadway play by an
African American.
1946 - Demond Wilson is born in Valdosta, Georgia. He will become an
actor and will be best known as Lamont Sanford on the long-
running television show, "Sanford & Son."
1962 - Jerry Rice is born in Starkville, Mississippi. He will become a
professional football player, selected as the 16th pick overall
in the first round of the NFL draft by the San Francisco 49ers
in 1985. Considered to be the greatest NFL receiver of all time,
Rice has amassed the following records as of 1999: Career
Receptions - 1,158, Career Receiving Yardage - 17,802, Consecutive
games with a catch - 198, Career Touchdowns - 175, Career Receiving
Touchdowns - 165, Career 100-Yard Receiving Games - 64, Career
1,000-Yard Receiving Seasons - 12, and Most Receiving Yards in a
Season - 1,848.
1979 - Clarence Muse joins the ancestors in Perris, California at the age
of 90. He was a pioneer film and stage actor who appeared in 219
films. His first film was the second talking movie ever made.
2000 - Isiah Thomas and Bob McAdoo are enshrined into the Basketball Hall
of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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