* Today in Black History - June 22 *
1772 - Slavery is outlawed in England.
1868 - Congress readmits the state of Arkansas on the condition that it
would never change its constitution to disenfranchise African
Americans.
1909 - Katherine Dunham is born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois (Dupage County). She
will become one of the revolutionary forces in modern dance through
her introduction and use of African and Caribbean styles. Successful
on the stage and in movies, including "Stormy Weather", in the late
1960's, she will form the Katherine Dunham Center for the Performing
Arts and in 1983 will be awarded Kennedy Center honors. "She will
spend her later years residing in East St. Louis, Illinois.
1937 - Joe Louis knocks out James Braddock to become the heavyweight boxing
champion of the world. The fight is won in eight rounds before 45,000
fans, the largest audience, to date, to witness a fight.
1938 - Joe Louis defeats German boxer Max Schmeling in a rematch of their 1936
fight and retains his world heavyweight crown. Because of the Nazi
persecution of Jews in Europe and Hitler's disdain for people of
African descent, the fight will take on mythic proportion, with Louis
seen by many as fighting to uphold democracy and the race. He succeeds
convincingly, ending the fight in 2:04 of the first round at Yankee
Stadium.
1941 - Ed Bradley is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A CBS correspondent
covering the Vietnam conflict, Bradley will become co-anchor of CBS'
"60 Minutes" and win six Emmy awards.
1947 - Octavia Butler is born in Pasadena, California. She will become a
science writer and winner of the Hugo Award for excellence in science
fiction writing in 1984.
1949 - Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott to win the heavyweight
championship of the world.
1962 - Clyde 'The Glide' Drexler is born in Houston, Texas. He will become a
basketball star at the University of Houston and will lead Houston's
"Phi Slamma Jamma" team to the NCAA Final Four two years in a row,
capturing the NCAA title in 1983. He will be drafted by the NBA
Portland Trailblazers, where he will play twelve seasons, and will
lead them to the NBA FInals twice. After being traded to the Houston
Rockets, he will join his teammate from the University of Houston,
Hakeem Olajuwon and help the Rockets win the NBA championship in 1995.
After retiring from the NBA, he will become the head coach at his alma
mater, the University of Houston.
1963 - "Fingertips - Pt 2" by Little Stevie Wonder is released. It becomes
Wonder's first number one single on August 10th. Stevie Wonder will
have 46 hits on the pop and Rhythm & Blues music charts between 1963
and 1987. Eight of those hits will make it to number one.
1989 - The government of Angola and the anti-Communist rebels of the UNITA
movement agree to a formal truce in their 14-year-old civil war.
1990 - African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela, speaking before the
United Nations, states that a democratic, nonracial South Africa is
"within our grasp."
1991 - "Kaleidoscope", an exhibit of the work of over 30 African American
photographers, opens at the Anacostia Museum in Washington, DC. Among
those exhibited are masters Addison Scurlock and Robert Scurlock as
well as contemporary photographers Matthew Lewis, Sam Yette, Sharon
Farmer, and Brian Jones.
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