* Today in Black History - August 9 *
1848 - The Free Soil party is organized at a Buffalo, New York
convention attended by African American abolitionists.
1905 - Robert N. C. Nix, Sr. is born in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
An 11-term congressman, he will be the first African
American representative from Pennsylvania.
1909 - George William Crockett, Jr., is born in Jacksonville,
Florida. He will become the first African American lawyer
with the U.S. Department of Labor. Crockett will begin
his judicial career in Michigan in 1966, when he is
elected to the Recorder's Court, a post he will hold until
1978. He will also serve as a visiting judge in the
Michigan Court of Appeals and acting corporation counsel
for the city of Detroit. He will become a congressman in
1980 at the age of 71 and will be re-elected to serve each
succeeding term until his retirement in 1991.
1936 - Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal of the 1936 Berlin
Olympic Games in the 4x100-meter relay. His relay team set
a new world record of 39.8 seconds, which held for 20 years.
In their strong showing in track-and-field events at the
XIth Olympiad, Jesse Owens and other African American
athletes struck a propaganda blow against Nazi leader Adolf
Hitler, who planned to use the Berlin Games as a showcase
of supposed Aryan superiority.
1943 - Kenneth Howard Norton is born in Jacksonville, Illinois. He
will become a professional boxer. In 1973, he will fight
Muhammad Ali. He will break Ali's jaw and go on to win by
a split decision. His victory over Ali will make him the
NABF Heavyweight Champion and it will be the second defeat
for "The Greatest" in his career. He will also win the WBC
heavyweight championship in 1978.
1955 - Douglas Lee Williams is born in Zachary, Louisiana. He will
become a NFL Quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and
Washington Redskins. While playing for the Redskins, he
will lead the team to a victory in Superbowl XXII and will
be named Most Valuable Player.
1960 - A racially motivated disturbance breaks out in Jacksonville,
Florida after ten days of sit-in demonstrations, resulting
in fifty persons injured.
1961 - James B. Parsons becomes the first African American
appointed to the U.S. District Court.
1963 - Whitney Houston is born in Newark, New Jersey. She will
achieve fame as a single with her 1985 debut album, which
will sell over nine million copies, have three number-one
singles and earn a Grammy for the song "Saving All My Love
For You." Her 1987 album "Whitney" will debut at number-one
on the charts, a first for a female singer.
1967 - Deion Sanders is born. He will become a professional
football and baseball player. He will become a NFL All-Pro,
and as a major league center fielder, will lead both leagues
in triples in 1992.
1971 - Le Roy (Satchel) Paige is inducted into the Baseball Hall of
Fame.
1984 - British decathlete Daley Thompson becomes the second man in
history to win the decathlon back-to-back in the Olympic
Games, while setting the record of 8,847 points.
1987 - Beatrice Foods, International is sold to TLC Group, a New York
investment firm led by Reginald Lewis, an African American
businessman and entrepreneur. It is the largest business
acquisition ever by an African American.
1987 - "Mean" Joe Greene and Gene Upshaw are inducted into the
Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
2003 - Gregory Hines, tap dancing virtuoso, joins the ancestors at
the age of 57 after succumbing to cancer. He appeared on
television, Broadway and in films.
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