* Today in Black History - September 2 *
1766 - Abolitionist, inventor, and entrepreneur, James Forten is born in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1833 - Oberlin College, one of the first colleges to admit African
Americans, is founded in Oberlin, Ohio.
1864 - In series of battles around Chaffin's Farm in the suburbs of
Richmond, Virginia, African American troops capture entrenchments
at New Market Heights, make a gallant but unsuccessful assault on
Fort Gilmer and help repulse a Confederate counterattack on Fort
Harrison. The Thirty-Ninth U.S. Colored Troops will win a
Congressional Medal of Honor in the engagements.
1902 - "In Dahomey" premieres at the Old Globe Theater in Boston,
Massachusetts. With music by Will Marion Cook and lyrics by
poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, it is the most successful musical of
its day.
1914 - Romare Bearden is born in Charlotte, North Carolina. A student at
New York University, the American Artists School, Columbia
University, and the Sorbonne, Bearden's depiction of the rituals
and social customs of African American life will be imbued with
an eloquence and power that will earn him accolades as one of
the finest artists of the 20th century and a master of collage.
Among his honors will be election to the American Academy of Arts
and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and
receiving the President's National Medal of Arts in 1987.
1928 - Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver is born in Norwalk, Connecticut.
He will become a jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer who will
initially lead the Jazz Messengers with drummer Art Blakey before
forming his own band in 1956. A pioneer of the hard bop style,
he will attract to his band the talents of Art Farmer, Donald
Byrd, and Blue Mitchell, among others.
1945 - The end of World War II (V-J Day). A total of 1,154,720 African
Americans have been inducted or drafted into the armed forces.
Official records list 7,768 African American commissioned
officers on August 31, 1945. At the height of the conflict,
3,902 African American women (115 officers) were enrolled in the
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WACS) and 68 were in the Navy
auxiliary, the WAVES. The highest ranking African American women
were Major Harriet M. West and Major Charity E. Adams.
Distinguished Unit Citations were awarded to the 969th Field
Artillery Battalion, the 614th Tank Destroyer Battalion, and the
332nd Fighter Group (Tuskegee Airmen).
1956 - The Tennessee National Guard is sent to Clinton, Tennessee, to
quell white mobs demonstrating against school integration.
1960 - Eric Dickerson is born. He will become a professional football
player and will become NFC Rookie of the Year in 1983. He will
also set a NFL single-season rushing record of 2,105 yards in
1984.
1963 - Alabama Governor George Wallace blocks the integration of
Tuskegee High School in Tuskegee, Alabama.
1965 - Lennox Lewis, former WBC boxing champ, is born.
1966 - Frank Robinson is named Most Valuable Player of the American
League.
1971 - Cheryl White becomes the first African American woman jockey to
win a sanctioned horse race.
1975 - Joseph W. Hatchett sworn in as first African American state
supreme court justice in the South (Florida) in the twentieth
century.
1978 - Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 home runs in 11 straight
years.
1989 - Rev. Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through the
Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York.
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