* Today in Black History - August 3 *
1832 - Edward Wilmot Blyden is born in St. Thomas, West Indies. By
the age of 24, he will migrate to Liberia and become an
established author of the pamphlets "A Voice from Bleeding
Africa", in which he attacks slavery, and "A Vindication of
the African Race." Throughout his life, he will be an advocate
of African Americans returning to their ancestral homes.
1865 - The provisional governor of Florida abolishes slavery by
proclamation.
1908 - A site plan for the town of Allensworth, California, is filed
with the Tulare County recorder. The town is founded by African
American Allen Allensworth, "in order to enable black people to
live on an equity [basis] with whites and to encourage industry
and thrift in the race."
1928 - William A. Scott, III, founds the Atlanta Daily World, the
first African American daily newspaper in modern times
1956 - Willie Williams of the United States sets 100 meter record at
10.1 seconds.
1957 - Archibald J. Carey, Chicago minister and attorney, is appointed
the first African American chairman of the President's Committee
on Government Employment Policy.
1960 - The Republic of Niger achieves its independence from France.
1970 - Two thousand delegates and observers attend the Congress of
African Peoples convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
1972 - The Federal Communications Commission upholds a political
candidate's right to broadcast paid commercials with racist
content if such broadcast presents no danger of violence or
incitement to violence.
1989 - Rickey Henderson sets American League mark of 50 stolen bases
in nine seasons.
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The source for these facts are "Encyclopedia Britannica,
"InfoBeat," "I, Too, Sing America - The African American
Book of Days," "Before the Mayflower", "Black Firsts" and
independent research by the Information Man.
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