* Today in Black History - May 24 *
1854 - Anthony Burns, celebrated fugitive slave, is arrested by United
States Deputy Marshals in Boston, Massachusetts.
1861 - Major General Benjamin F. Butler declare slaves "contraband of
war."
1864 - Two regiments, the First and Tenth U.S. Colored Troops, repulse
an attack by rebel General Fitzhugh Lee. Also participating in
battle at Wilson's Wharf Landing, on the bank of the James River,
were a small detachment of white Union troops and a battery of
light artillery.
1881 - Paul Quinn College is chartered in the State of Texas. The
college, founded in 1872, had moved from its original site in
Austin to Waco in 1877.
1905 - Martin Dihigo is born in Havana, Cuba. He will become a baseball
player in the Negro Leagues and will be considered by some to be
the greatest all-around player of all-time of African descent.
He will be elected to the Cuban and Mexican Halls of Fame during
his lifetime, and will be posthumously elected to the National
Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977.
1937 - Archie Shepp is born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He will become
a renowned avant-garde jazz saxophonist and play with a variety
of jazz greats including John Coltrane, Bobby Hutcherson, and
Donald Cherry. He also will be a composer of jazz instrumental
compositions and the play "Lady Day: A Musical Tragedy." He will
use free jazz as a vehicle for political expression and will be
an important factor in the growing acceptance of African American
identity. He will become an Associate Professor at the University
of Massachusetts but will continue his concert career at the same
time, working mostly in Europe. He will be a seminal figure in
the development of the New Music and influence many saxophonists
of the avant-garde.
1944 - Patricia Louise Holt is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She
will be better known as Patti LaBelle, organizer and lead singer
of Patti LaBelle and the Bluebells in 1960. In the 1970's, she
will reconfigure the group and later reteam with Nona Hendryx and
Sara Dash as LaBelle. In 1976, LaBelle will pursue a solo career,
gain even more critical and popular acclaim, and win a 1992
Grammy.
1951 - Racial segregation in Washington, DC, restaurants is ruled illegal
by the Municipal Court of Appeals.
1954 - Peter Marshall Murray is installed as president of the New York
County Medical Society. He is the first African American physician
to head an AMA affiliate.
1961 - Twenty-seven Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi.
1963 - The Organization of African Unity is founded in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia.
1974 - Edward "Duke" Ellington joins the ancestors in New York City at the
age of 75. For nearly half a century, Duke Ellington led the
premier American big-band, and is considered by many sources to be
the greatest composer in the history of jazz.
1983 - Jesse L. Jackson becomes the first African American to address a
joint session of a state legislature in the 20th century, when he
talks to the Alabama legislature.
1984 - Ralph Sampson of the Houston Rockets becomes the first unanimous
choice for NBA Rookie of the Year since Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-
Jabar) of the Los Angeles Lakers in 1970.
1991 - Hal McRae is named manager of the Kansas City Royals. He will become
one of two African American managers serving in major league
baseball.
1993 - The African nation of Eritrea gains independence from Ethiopia.
2000 - Isiah Thomas and Bob McAdoo are elected to be enshrined in the 2000
class of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
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