* Today in Black History - August 5 *
1763 - William Richmond is born free on Staten Island, New York. One of
the first African Americans to attempt winning a title in any sport,
Richmond will travel to England to fight, among others, boxing
champion Tom Cribb in a losing effort.
1864 - John Lawson, an African American gunner on the flagship of Admiral
David Farragut, exhibits marked courage in the Battle of Mobile Bay
and wins the Congressional Medal of Honor.
1865 - President Andrew Johnson moves to reverse the policy of distributing
abandoned land to freedmen.
1892 - Harriet Tubman receives a pension from Congress for her work as a
nurse, spy, and scout during the Civil War. She, along with
Sojourner Truth, Susie King and almost 200 other African American
women, served as nurses during the war at 11 hospitals in three
states.
1900 - James Augustine Healy, the first African American Roman Catholic
bishop, joins the ancestors in Portland, Maine. He is the brother of
Patrick Francis Healy, the first African American to receive a Ph.D.
and first African American president of a predominantly white
university (Georgetown University).
1936 - Jesse Owens wins his third gold medal by running a 200-meter race
in 20.7 seconds at the Olympic Games held in Berlin, Germany.
1938 - James Cone, who will become an articulate scholar and author on black
theology, is born in Fordyce, Arkansas.
1938 - Ja'net DuBois, actress on "Good Times'" Willona Woods, and "Beverly
Hills 90210's" Arlene, is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1962 - Nelson Mandela is charged with incitement and illegally leaving South
Africa.
1962 - Patrick Ewing, NBA center, 3-time All-American, NBA Rookie of the
Year with New York Knicks in 1986, is born.
1966 - Martin Luther King, Jr. is stoned by hecklers during a Chicago, Illinois
civil rights march.
1968 - Senator Edward Brooke is named the temporary chairman of the Republican
National Convention in Miami, Florida.
1984 - Track and field stars Evelyn Ashford and Edwin Moses win Gold medals in
the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California.
1992 - Federal civil rights charges are filed against four Los Angeles police
officers acquitted of state charges in the videotaped beating of
Rodney King. Two of the officers will be convicted later of federal
charges of violating King's civil rights.
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