* Today in Black History - February 2 *
1914 - One of the finest African American artists of the twentieth century,
William Ellisworth Artis is born in Washington, North Carolina.
Educated at Syracuse University and a student of Augusta
Savage, Artis's sculptures will exhibit a strong originality
and a romantic, almost spiritual appeal. His works will be
exhibited at Atlanta University, the Whitney Museum, the "Two
Centuries of Black American Art" exhibit and collected by Fisk
University, Hampton University, the North Carolina Museum of
Art, and private collectors.
1915 - Biologist Ernest E. Just receives the Spingarn Medal for his
pioneering research on fertilization and cell division.
1938 - Operatic baritone, Simon Estes is born in Centerville, Iowa.
He will be noted for his leading roles in Wagnerian operas and
will sing at the opening of the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in
Munich, Germany.
1948 - President Harry S. Truman sends a message to Congress pressing
for civil rights legislation, including anti-lynching, fair
employment practices, and anti-poll tax provisions.
1956 - Autherine J. Lucy becomes the first African American student
to attend the University of Alabama.
1956 - Seven whites and four African Americans are arrested after
an all-night sit-in at the Englewood, New Jersey city hall.
1956 - Four African American mothers are arrested after a sit-in at
a Chicago elementary school. The mothers later receive
suspended $50 fines. Protests, picketing and demonstrations
continue for several weeks against de facto segregation,
double shifts and mobile classrooms.
1971 - Ugandan army strongman Major-General Idi Amin ousts Milton Obote
and assumes full power as military head of state and forms an
18-man cabinet to run the country.
1984 - Ralph Sampson, one of the Houston Rockets 'Twin Towers', is
named Rookie of the Month in the National Basketball
Association. To earn the honor, Sampson averages 24.4 points,
12 rebounds and 2.43 blocked shots per game during the month of
January. In addition, Sampson will become the only rookie (up
to that time) to be named to the NBA's All-Star Game.
1988 - A commemorative stamp of James Weldon Johnson is issued by the
United States Postal Service as part of its Black Heritage USA
series.
1990 - South Africa's President F.W. de Klerk lifts a ban on the
African National Congress, sixty other political organizations
and promises to free Nelson Mandela.
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