* Today in Black History - October 10 *
1874 - South Carolina Republicans carry the election with a
reduced victory margin. The Republican ticket is
composed of four whites and four Blacks.
1899 - J.W. Butts, inventor, receives a patent for a luggage
carrier.
1899 - I. R. Johnson patents his bicycle frame.
1901 - Frederick Douglass Patterson is born in Washington, DC.
He will receive doctorate degrees from both Iowa State
University and Cornell University. Dr. Patterson will
serve as the president of Tuskegee Institute from 1935
to 1955. In 1943, he will organize a meeting of the
heads of Black colleges to conduct annual campaigns
for funds needed to help meet the operating expenses of
27 Black colleges and universities. This will result
in the formation of the United Negro College Fund. Dr.
Patterson will serve as its first president. In 1987,
President Ronald Reagan will award him the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.
In 1988, he will be awarded the Spingarn Medal from the
NAACP. He will join the ancestors on April 26, 1988.
1917 - Thelonious Sphere Monk is born in Rocky Mount, North
Carolina. He will become an innovative jazz pianist and
composer of ‘Round Midnight.' He will be considered one
of the fathers of jazz improvisation and in 1961 will be
featured on the cover of Time magazine. He will be one
of five jazz musicians to have been featured on the
cover of Time, after Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, and
Duke Ellington, and before Wynton Marsalis. His works
will include "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser" "Ruby,
My Dear", "In Walked Bud", and "Well, You Needn't". He
will be the second-most recorded jazz composer after
Duke Ellington, which is particularly remarkable as
Ellington composed more than 1,000 pieces, whereas he
wrote about 70. His compositions and improvisations will
feature dissonances and angular melodic twists, and be
consistent with his unorthodox approach to the piano,
which combines a highly percussive attack with abrupt,
dramatic use of silences and hesitations. He will be
renowned for his distinctive style in suits, hats, and
sunglasses. He will also be noted for an idiosyncratic
habit observed at times during performances: while the
other musicians in the band continue playing, he will
stop, stand up from the keyboard, and dance for a few
moments before returning to the piano. He will join
the ancestors on February 17, 1982.
1935 - George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" premieres at the
Alvin Theater in New York City.
1946 - Benjamin Augustus Middleton (later Vereen) is born in
Miami, Florida. He will become a dancer and multi-
faceted entertainer. He will be 18 years old when he
makes his New York stage bow off-off Broadway in "The
Prodigal Son" at the Greenwich Mews Theater. By the
following year, he will be in Las Vegas, performing
in Bob Fosse's production of "Sweet Charity," a show
with which he will tour in 1967–1968. He will return
to New York City to play Claude in "Hair" in the
Broadway production, before joining the national
touring company. The following year, he will be cast
opposite Sammy Davis, Jr. in the film adaptation of
"Sweet Charity." After developing a rapport with
Davis, he will be cast as his understudy in the
upcoming production of "Golden Boy," which toured
England and ended the run at the Palladium Theatre
in London's West End. He will be nominated for a Tony
Award for "Jesus Christ Superstar" in 1972 and will
win a Tony for his appearance in "Pippin" in 1973. He
will appear in the Broadway musical "Wicked" as the
Wizard of Oz in 2005. He will also perform in one-man
shows and actively lecture on black history and
inspirational topics.
1953 - Gus Williams is born in Mount Vernon, New York. He will
become a professional basketball player. He will be
selected in the second round of the 1975 NBA Draft by
the Golden State Warriors and in the first round of
the 1975 ABA draft by the Spirits of St. Louis. He will
sign with the Warriors for the 1975–76 season and be
named to the NBA All-Rookie Team. He will play only two
seasons with the Warriors and will be allowed to leave
as a free agent before the 1977–78 season, signing with
the Seattle SuperSonics. While with Seattle, he will be
twice selected to the NBA All-Star Game, and will be on
the All-NBA First Team (1982) and All-NBA Second Team
(1980) selection. His style of play will earn him the
nickname "Wizard", and he will lead the Sonics to the
1979 championship while averaging team high 28.6 points
per game in the Finals. While in the prime of his career,
he will sit out the entire 1980–81 season due to a
contract dispute. He will play two more seasons with the
Sonics after that. In 1983, he will sign with the
Washington Bullets. During the 1984-85 season he will
play alongside the similarly named Guy Williams. He will
finish his career with a 17.1 point-per-game scoring
average in a career spanning 12 years from 1975 to 1987.
In 2004 his #1 jersey will be retired by the Sonics.
1957 - President Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister
of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused
service in a Dover, Delaware restaurant.
1961 - Otis M. Smith is appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court
and becomes the first African American on the high
court.
1978 - Congressman Ralph H. Metcalfe joins the ancestors in
Chicago at the age of 68.
1989 - South African President F.W. de Klerk announces that
eight prominent political prisoners, including African
National Congress official Walter Sisulu, would be
unconditionally freed, but that Nelson Mandela would
remain imprisoned.
2015 - The Million Man March in Washington marks its 20th anniversary.
Men from across the country travel to Washington, DC to
commemorate the historic moment. “Justice Or Else” is the
poignant and powerful theme as Minister Louis Farrakhan convenes
this 20th anniversary gathering in the Nation’s Capitol. The
official facebook page for the anniversary march is:
https://www.facebook.com/MillionManMarch20th
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