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* Today in Black History - October 22 *
1854 - James Bland is born in Flushing, New York. He will
write over 700 songs including "Oh, Dem Golden
Slippers" and "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny." The
latter song will be selected in 1940 as the state
song of Virginia, the state's legislators little
knowing the identity and race of its composer.
Virginia will decide to change their state song in
the late 1990s due to protest from civil rights
activists who say that the song glorifies slavery and
is inappropriate. He will join the ancestors on May
5, 1911 after succumbing to tuberculosis.
1906 - Three thousand African Americans demonstrated and
rioted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to protest a
theatrical presentation of Thomas Dixon's "The
Clansman".
1936 - Bobby Seal is born in Dallas, Texas. He will become a
Black political activist and co-founder, with Huey
Newton, of the Black Panther Party.
1950 - Charles Cooper and Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton become two
of the first three African Americans to play in an
NBA game. Cooper had been drafted by the Boston
Celtics on April 25, 1950, becoming the first African
American ever drafted by a NBA team.
1952 - Frank E. Peterson, Jr. is commissioned as the first
African American marine aviation officer.
1963 - 225,000 students boycott Chicago public schools in a
Freedom Day protest against de facto segregation.
1986 - In an interview with the Washington Post, Spike Lee
says, "Movies are the most powerful medium in the world
and we just can't sit back and let other people define
our existence, especially when they're putting lies out
there on the screens."
1990 - President Bush vetos major civil rights legislation,
arguing that the measure would force employers to adopt
hiring quotas. The veto is later upheld.
1991 - Thirty African American delegates conclude a three-day
visit to the Republic of South Africa at the invitation
of the African National Congress. While there,
TransAfrica's Randall Robinson charges President Bush
with failing to exert his influence to end Black
township strife and Congresswoman Maxine Waters vows
to press United States' cities and states to maintain
sanctions against the republic.
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