* Today in Black History - August 22 *
1788 - The British settlement in Sierra Leone is founded to provide
a home in Africa for freed slaves and homeless Africans
from England.
1791 - The Haitian Revolution begins with revolt of slaves in the
northern province.
1791 - Mathematician Benjamin Banneker serves on commission which
will survey the District of Columbia.
1843 - Henry Highland Garnet issues a call for slave revolt in "An
Address to Slaves of the United States" before a national
convention of African Americans in Buffalo, New York.
1867 - Fisk University is established in Nashville, Tennessee.
1880 - George Herriman is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. A
perfectly ordinary-looking guy from beginning to end,
albeit with a few small quirks (such as never allowing a
picture to be taken of him without a hat). But behind that
relatively normal exterior lurked the unique genius who
created the cartoon Krazy Kat. His family moved to Los
Angeles, California, when he was six years old, although
from various accounts, he seems to have kept his New Orleans
accent (very different from standard Southern) well into
adult life. He called Los Angeles his home town because it
was there that his family shed the labels that accrued to
them as a result of their partially African ancestry.
1917 - John Lee Hooker, who will become a renowned blues singer
and guitarist, is born in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
1950 - Althea Gibson becomes the first African American competitor
in national tennis competition.
1951 - The Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin,
Germany before 75,052 non-paying spectators. This is the
largest crowd to witness a basketball game (up to that
time).
1978 - Jomo Kenyatta (original name KAMAU NGENGI), president of
Kenya, joins the ancestors after succumbing to heart failure
in his sleep while vacationing in Mobasa, Kenya at the age
of 83. He was the leading force in Kenya's independence
struggles.
1979 - 200 African American leaders meet in New York City in support
of Andrew Young (after he had resigned as U.N. ambassador
under pressure for "unauthorized" meeting with the PLO) and
demand that African Americans be given a voice in shaping
American foreign policy.
1984 - Evelyn Ashford of the United States ties the world women's
mark for the 100 meters (10.76 seconds).
1984 - New York Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden becomes the 11th rookie
to strikeout 200 batters.
1989 - Huey Percy Newton joins the ancestors in Oakland, California.
The founder of the Black Panther Party is shot to death
outside a crack cocaine house, allegedly by a drug dealer
whom Newton had robbed (Gunman Tyrone Robinson will
sentenced later to 32 years to life in prison).
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