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1906 - Never fully recovering from a bout of pneumonia in 1899, poet and
author Paul Laurence Dunbar joins the ancestors in Dayton, Ohio,
at the age of 33. He nonetheless produced three novels
(including "The Sport of the Gods"), three books of verse, three
collections of short stories, two unpublished plays, and lyric
pieces set to music by Will Marion Cook.
1944 - Alice Walker is born In Eatonton, Georgia. Best known for "The
Color Purple," which will win the American Book Award and the
Pulitzer Prize, she will also write a variety of other
critically praised and award-winning works including poetry and
children's books and edit a book on Zora Neale Hurston, whom
she will credit as her role model.
1944 - John Rozelle is born in St. Louis, Missouri. He will become an
artist and professor at the Art Institute of Chicago. His work
reflects his self identification as an "African American
sentinel," or visual historian, guide, and advocate of
contemporary African American culture.
1951 - Dennis "DT" Thomas is born. He will become a rhythm and blues
musician with the group, 'Kool & the Gang.'
1953 - Gary Franks is born in Waterbury, Connecticut. In 1990, he will
be elected to Congress from Connecticut's 5th District and
become the first African American Republican congressman since
Oscar De Priest left office in 1934.
1962 - Jamaica signs an agreement with Great Britain to become independent.
1964 - Arthur Ashe, Jr. becomes the first African American on a United
States
Davis Cup Team.
1964 - A speech by U.S. Representative Martha Griffiths in Congress, on
sex discrimination, results in civil rights protection for women
being added to the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
1970 - Alonzo Mourning is born. He will become a basketball star at
Georgetown University and will go on to play center for the NBA
Miami Heat.
1971 - Satchel Paige becomes the first African American elected to
professional baseball's Hall of Fame for his career in the Negro
Leagues.
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