* Today in Black History - August 2 *
1847 - William A. Leidesdorff, born in the Danish West Indies to
a Danish father and a Black native mother, opens the first
commercial steamship service on San Francisco Bay.
1920 - Marcus Garvey presents his "Back To Africa" program in New
York City.
1924 - James Baldwin is born in New York City. He will become one
of the most prolific and influential African American
authors of fiction ("Go Tell it on the Mountain", "Another
Country", "Giovanni's Room"), drama ("Blues for Mr.
Charlie", "Amen Corner"), and essay collections ("Notes of
a Native Son", "The Fire Next Time").
1945 - Jewell Jackson (later McCabe) is born in Washington, DC.
She will become president of the Coalition of 100 Black
Women, whose mission is to develop a forum for African
American women leaders.
1951 - While manning his machine gun during a surprise attack on
his platoon, private first class William Henry Thompson of
Company M, Twenty-fourth Infantry Regiment, becomes the
first African American to earn the Congressional Medal of
Honor in the Korean conflict.
1964 - A racially motivated disturbance begins in Jersey City, New
Jersey.
1966 - The Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical School, later
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, is
chartered in Los Angeles, California. It is the only
African American-focused medical school west of the
Mississippi.
1967 - "In the Heat of the Night", starring Sidney Portier and Rod
Steiger, premieres.
1967 - Claude A. Barnett, who founded the Associated Negro Press,
joins the ancestors at the age of 78.
1980 - Thomas "Hit Man" Hearns wins the WBA Welterweight title.
This is one of five weight classes in which he wins a
boxing title, making him the first African American to win
boxing titles in five different weight classes.
1982 - Jackie Robinson, the first African American to break the
color barrier in major league baseball, is honored by a
commemorative stamp issued by the Postal Service, the
fifth in its Black Heritage USA series.
1986 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee (United States) sets record for the
heptathlon (7161 pts).
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