* Today in Black History - May 13 *
1865 - Two white regiments and an African American regiment, the
Sixty-second U.S.C.T., fight in the last action of the
civil war at White's Ranch, Texas.
1871 - Alcorn A&M College (now Alcorn A&M University opens in
Lorman, Mississippi.
1888 - Brazil abolishes slavery by government decree.
1891 - Isaac Murphy becomes the first jockey to win three Kentucky
Derbys as he wins the fabled race astride Kingman. Kingman
was trained by Dud Allen, an African American trainer.
1914 - Joseph Louis Barrow is born in Lexington, Alabama. "The
Brown Bomber" will hold the heavyweight crown from his 1937
title match with James J. Braddock until his first retirement
in 1949. In his 71 professional fights, he will amass a
record of 68 victories, 54 by knockouts.
1933 - John Junior "Johnny" Roseboro is born in Ashland, Ohio. He
will become a professional baseball player in 1957 and will
play as a catcher for the Dodgers from 1957-1967, Minnesota
Twins from 1968 to 1969, and the Washington Senators in 1970.
1938 - Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra record the New Orleans' jazz
standard, "When The Saints Go Marching In", on Decca Records.
1943 - Mary Wells is born in Detroit, Michigan. She will become a
singer for the Motown label and record the hits, "My Guy,"
"Two Lovers," "You Beat Me to the Punch," and "The One Who
Really Loves You."
1949 - Franklin Ajaye is born in Brooklyn, New York. He will become
a comedy writer, comedian and actor. He will appear in the
movies "The Jazz Singer," "Car Wash," "Hysterical," "The
Wrong Guys," and "Jock Jokes."
1950 - Steveland Judkins Morris is born in Saginaw, Michigan. As
12-year-old Little Stevie Wonder, he will become a singing
and musical sensation notable for "Fingertips, Part 2."
Wonder will continue to record through-out adulthood, with
the albums "Talking Book," "Songs in the Key of Life," "The
Woman in Red," and the soundtrack to the movie "Jungle Fever."
Among other awards he will win 16 Grammys and a 1984 best
song Oscar for "I Just Called to Say I Love You." He will be
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.
1971 - (James) Charles Evers becomes the first African American mayor
of Fayette, Mississippi.
1971 - Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, receives a gold record for
her version of "Bridge Over Troubled Water", originally a Paul
Simon and Art Garfunkel tune.
1978 - Henry Rono of Kenya sets the record for the 3,000 meter
steeplechase (8:05.4). The record will stand for eleven years.
1979 - Max Robinson becomes the first African American network news
anchor when he appears on ABC's World News Tonight.
1983 - Reggie Jackson becomes the first major leaguer to strike out
2,000 times.
1985 - Philadelphia Police bomb a house held by the group "Move",
killing eleven persons. Ramona Africa and a 13-year-old boy
are the only people to escape the inferno the blast caused
inside 6221 Osage Street. The heat from the blast also
ignites a fire that destroys 60 other homes and leaves 250
people homeless, angry and heartbroken in a working-class
section of West Philadelphia.
1990 - George Stallings is ordained as the first bishop of the
newly established African American Catholic Church. Stallings
broke from the Roman Catholic Church in 1989, citing the
church's failure to meet the needs of African American
Catholics.
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The source for these facts are "Encyclopedia Britannica,
"InfoBeat," "I, Too, Sing America - The African American
Book of Days," and independent research by the
Information Man.
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