* Today in Black History - August 8 *
1796 - Boston African Society is established with 44 charter members.
1805 - The First African Baptist Church is organized in Boston,
Massachusetts, under the leadership of Thomas Paul. It will be the
first congregation to worship at the African Meeting House, which
will be established on December 6, 1806 (It is the oldest church
building in the United States built for and by African-Americans).
1843 - Natal (in South Africa) is made a British colony.
1866 - Matthew A. Henson, explorer and first person to reach the
North Pole, is born in Charles County, Maryland.
1907 - Saxophonist Bennett Lester "Benny" Carter is born in New York City.
He will play initially at age 23 and form his own big band in
1940. Carter will either play with, conduct or write arrangements
for Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones, and many others.
1923 - Jimmy Witherspoon is born in Gordon, Arkansas. He will become a
bluesman and will record dozens of albums best known for songs such
as "Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do," "Some Of My Best Friends Are
the Blues" and "Blue Spoon."
1933 - "Joe Tex" Arrington, Jr. is born. He will become a singer/songwriter
He will be known for his recordings of "I Gotcha", "Hold What
You've Got", "Skinny Legs and All", "Ain't Gonna Bump No More",
and "With No Big Fat Woman."
1934 - Julian Dixon is born in Washington, D.C. He will be elected to
Congress representing California's 28th District in 1978.
1953 - "Sweet" Lou Dunbar is born. He will become a professional
basketball player with the Harlem Globetrotters.
1960 - Ivory Coast declares independence from France.
1968 - A racially motivated disturbance breaks out in Miami, Florida.
1974 - Roberta Flack receives a gold record for the single, "Feel Like
Makin' Love". Flack, born in Asheville, North Carolina and raised
in Arlington, Virginia, had been awarded a music scholarship to
Howard University in Washington, D.C., at the age of 15. One of
her classmates became a singing partner on several hit songs. Donny
Hathaway joined Flack on "You've Got a Friend", "Where is the Love"
and "The Closer I Get to You". She will have 10 hits on the pop
charts in the 1970s and '80s.
1975 - Julian "Cannonball" Adderley joins the ancestors at the age of 47 in
Gary, Indiana.
1984 - Carl Lewis wins the 3rd (200 meter sprint) of 4 gold medals at the
Los Angeles Summer Olympics.
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