* Today in Black History - January 6 *
1773 - "Felix," a Boston slave, and others petition Massachusetts
Governor Hutchinson for their freedom. It is the first of a
record eight similar petitions filed during the Revolutionary
War.
1831 - The World Anti-Slavery Convention opens in London, England.
1832 - William Lloyd Garrison founds the New England Anti-Slavery
Society at the African Meeting House in Boston, Massachusetts,
where he issues the society's "Declaration of Sentiments" from
the Meeting House pulpit.
1882 - Thomas Boyne receives the Congressional Medal of Honor for
bravery in two New Mexico battles while a sergeant in Troop C,
9th U.S. Calvary.
1906 - Benedict Wallet Vilakazi is born in South Africa. He will become
a pre-apartheid Zulu poet, novelist, and educator.
1929 - Wilbert Harrison is born. He will become a singer and will be best
known for his recordings "Kansas City," and "Let's Work Together."
1937 - Doris Troy is born. She will become a rhythm and blues singer best
known for her song "Just One Look."
1966 - Harold R. Perry becomes the second African American Roman Catholic
bishop since the U.S. was founded and the first in the 20th
century.
1971 - Cecil A. Partee is elected president pro tem of the Illinois State
Senate. He is the first African American to hold this position.
1975 - The Broadway premiere of "The Wiz" opens, receiving enthusiastic
reviews. The show, a black version of "The Wizard of Oz" will run
for 1,672 shows at the Majestic Theatre. Moviegoers, however, gave
a thumbs down to the cinema version of the play that starred Diana
Ross and Michael Jackson years later. One memorable song from the
show is "Ease on Down the Road."
1984 - Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Robert N.C. Nix, Jr., is
inaugurated as Chief Justice. The Philadelphia native, former
deputy attorney general of the state, and thirteen-year veteran
of the Court, is the first African American to head a state
Supreme Court.
1989 - Elizabeth Koontz dies. She was a noted educator and the first
African American president of the National Education Association.
1993 - Jazz great, John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, dies at the age of 76.
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