* Today in Black History - September 23 *
1667 - In Williamsburg, Virginia, a law was passed, barring slaves from
obtaining their freedom by converting to Christianity.
1862 - A draft of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation is published in
Northern Newspapers.
1863 - Mary Church (later Terrell) is born in Memphis, Tennessee. She will
become an educator, civil and woman's rights advocate, and U.S.
delegate to the International Peace Conference. She will also be
the first African American to serve on the school board in the
District of Columbia.
1926 - John Coltrane, brilliant jazz saxophonist and composer who will be
considered the father of avant-garde jazz, is born in Hamlet, North
Carolina.
1930 - Ray Charles (Robinson) is born in Albany, Georgia. Blind by the age
of six, he will study music and form his own band at the age of 24.
A recorded performance at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958 will
establish his career as one of the premier soul singers in the
United States. Among Charles's achievements will be three Grammys
and Kennedy Center honors in 1986. He will join the ancestors on
June 10, 2004 after succumbing to liver disease.
1952 - Jersey Joe Walcott, loses his heavyweight title in the 13th round,
to Rocky Marciano, in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Pay Television
for sporting events begins with the Marciano-Walcott fight, coast
to coast, in 49 theatres in 31 cities.
1954 - Playwright George C. Wolfe is born in Frankfort, Kentucky. He will
become critically acclaimed for the controversial plays, "The Colored
Museum", "Jelly's Last Jam", and "Spunk".
1957 - Nine African American students, who had entered Little Rock Central
High School in Arkansas, are forced to leave because of a white mob
outside.
1961 - President Kennedy names Thurgood Marshall to the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals.
1962 - Los Angeles Dodger, Maury Wills, steals record setting base #97 on
his way to 104.
1979 - Lou Brock steals record 935th base and becomes the all-time major
league record holder.
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