* Today in Black History - August 11 *
1841 - African American abolitionist Frederick Douglass delivers
his first public speech before the Massachusetts Anti-
Slavery Society in Nantucket. Having escaped from
slavery only three years earlier, Douglass is legally a
fugitive when he delivers his speech about his life as a
slave. The Massachusetts Society immediately hires
Douglass as a full-time lecturer.
1873 - John Rosamond Johnson is born in Jacksonville, Florida.
He will, with Bob Cole, be part of the famous vaudeville
team Cole & Johnson. He will best be remembered as a
composer who, with his brother James Weldon Johnson
providing the lyrics, will write "Lift Every Voice and
Sing."
1921 - Alex Haley is born in Ithaca, New York. He will become
an award-winning author, most notably for his authorship
with Malcolm X of the latter's autobiography and for
"Roots", which will win a special Pulitzer Prize.
"Roots" will be his most successful work, selling over 1
million copies and contributing to a new interest in
African American history.
1925 - Carl T. Rowan is born in Ravencroft, Tennessee. He will
become one of America's most outspoken journalist with
NBC News and The Chicago Daily News. As an author, he
will write "Dream Makers, Dream Breakers:The World of
Justice Thurgood Marshall," "Breaking Barriers," "Wait
Till Next Year," "Go South in Sorrow," and "South of
Freedom." He will be appointed to the positions of
Director: U.S. Information Agency and U.S. Ambassador to
Finland. He will join the ancestors on September 23, 2000.
1942 - Otis Taylor is born. He will become a professional
football player with the Kansas City Chiefs, playing wide
receiver. He will be the UPI AFC Player of the Year in
1971, and will help lead his team to Super Bowl I and a
victory in Super Bowl IV.
1948 - Amanda Randolph appears on the television series "The
Laytons" on the Dumont Network. She and Bob Howard of
CBS' "The Bob Howard Show", which premiered earlier in
the summer, are the first African Americans to be
featured in a national network television series.
1949 - Peter Murray Marshall of New York is appointed to the
American Medical Association's House of Delegates.
1960 - The African country of Chad declares independence from
France.
1962 - After integrated groups try to use the facilities, police
close the Municipal parks and library in Albany, Georgia.
1964 - A racially motivated disturbance occurs in Paterson, New
Jersey.
1965 - Racially motivated disturbances start in the Watts section
of Los Angeles, California. In six days, the death toll
will stand at 34, 1,032 persons will be injured, 3952 will
be arrested and $ 35 million in property will be lost.
1965 - The U.S. Senate confirms the nomination of Thurgood
Marshall as U.S. Solicitor General.
1980 - Reggie Jackson hits his 400th homer.
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