* Today in Black History - July 6 *
1853 - A National Black convention meets in Rochester, New York, with 140
delegates from nine states. James W.C. Pennington of New York is
elected president of this meeting, generally considered the largest
and most representative of the early African American conventions.
1853 - William Wells Brown publishes "Clotel," the first novel by an
African American.
1854 - The Republican Party is organized to oppose the extension of slavery.
1864 - John Wesley Gilbert, archeologist, is born in Hepzibah, Georgia.
1868 - Eighty-five African Americans and 70 white representatives meet in
Columbia, South Carolina, at the opening of the state's General
Assembly. It is the first and last U.S. legislature with an African
American majority.
1869 - African American candidate for Lt. Governor of Virginia, Dr. J.H.
Harris, is defeated by a vote of 120,068 to 99,600.
1931 - Della Reese (Deloreese Patricia Early) is born in Detroit,
Michigan. As a teen-ager, she will tour with gospel great Mahalia
Jackson and, at the age of 18, forms the Meditation Singers and
will become the first performer to take gospel music to the casinos
of Las Vegas. She will become the first African American female to
host a daytime television talk show (1969-70) and will appear in
numerous television series, including "Sanford and Son," "The A-
Team" and, on the CBS Television Network, "Crazy Like a Fox"
and "Picket Fences." She will also star as a series regular in
"Charlie & Company" and "The Royal Family", both on the CBS
Network. In September, 1994, she became a regular on the award
winning show, "Touched By An Angel."
1957 - Althea Gibson becomes the first African American tennis player to
win a Wimbledon singles title, defeating fellow American Darlene
Hard 6-3, 6-2. She will also team up with Darlene Hard to win the
doubles championship.
1964 - Malawi (then Nyasaland) gains independence from Great Britain.
1966 - Malawi becomes a republic.
1967 - The Biafran War erupts as Nigerian troops invade. The war will last
more than two years, claiming some 600,000 lives.
1971 - Louis Armstrong joins the ancestors in Corona, Queens, in New York
City. Armstrong had been one of the most popular and influential
jazz musicians since his 1929 hit "Ain't Misbehavin" and had
enjoyed an immensely successful performing and recording career.
1975 - The Comoros Islands declare independence from France. The deputies
of Mayotte refuse, and thus that island nation remains under French
control. The official languages in Comoros are Arabic and French,
but the vernacular is a Comorian variant of Swahili. It is an
island nation located in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar
approximately 250 miles off the coast of Africa.
1984 - Michael Jackson and his brothers start their "Victory Tour" in
Kansas City, Missouri's Arrowhead Stadium. The tour turns out to
be a victory for the Jacksons when the nationwide concert tour
concludes months later.
1990 - Jesse Owens is honored on a stamp issued by the U.S. Postal
Service. Owens was a four-time Olympic gold medal winner in the
1936 Summer Games in Berlin.
2002 - Serena Williams defeats her sister, Venus, in the Wimbledon Single
finals for the championship.
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