* Today in Black History - August 8 *
1796 - Boston African Society is established with 44 charter
members.
1805 - The First African Baptist Church is organized in Boston,
Massachusetts, under the leadership of Thomas Paul. It
will be the first congregation to worship at the
African Meeting House, which will be established on
December 6, 1806 (It is the oldest church building in
the United States built for and by African Americans).
1843 - Natal (in South Africa) is made a British colony.
1866 - Matthew A. Henson, explorer and first person to reach the
North Pole, is born in Charles County, Maryland.
1907 - Saxophonist Bennett Lester "Benny" Carter is born in New
York City. He will play initially at age 23 and form his
own big band in 1940. Carter will either play with,
conduct or write arrangements for Dizzy Gillespie, Duke
Ellington, Quincy Jones, and many others.
1923 - Jimmy Witherspoon is born in Gordon, Arkansas. He will
become a bluesman and will record dozens of albums best
known for songs such as "Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do,"
"Some Of My Best Friends Are the Blues" and "Blue Spoon."
1933 - "Joe Tex" Arrington, Jr. is born. He will become a
singer/songwriter. He will be known for his recordings of
"I Gotcha", "Hold What You've Got", "Skinny Legs and All",
"Ain't Gonna Bump No More", and "With No Big Fat Woman."
1934 - Julian Dixon is born in Washington, D.C. He will be elected
to Congress representing California's 28th District in
1978.
1953 - "Sweet" Lou Dunbar is born. He will become a professional
basketball player with the Harlem Globetrotters.
1960 - Ivory Coast declares independence from France.
1968 - A racially motivated disturbance breaks out in Miami,
Florida.
1974 - Roberta Flack receives a gold record for the single, "Feel
Like Makin' Love". Flack, born in Asheville, North
Carolina and raised in Arlington, Virginia, had been
awarded a music scholarship to Howard University in
Washington, D.C., at the age of 15. One of her
classmates became a singing partner on several hit songs.
Donny Hathaway joined Flack on "You've Got a Friend",
"Where is the Love" and "The Closer I Get to You". She will
have 10 hits on the pop charts in the 1970s and '80s.
1975 - Julian "Cannonball" Adderley joins the ancestors at the age
of 47 in Gary, Indiana.
1984 - Carl Lewis wins the 3rd (200 meter sprint) of 4 gold medals
at the Los Angeles Summer Olympics.
2005 - Publisher John H. Johnson, whose Ebony and Jet magazines
countered stereotypical coverage of African Americans
after World War II and turned him into one of the most
influential African American leaders in America, joins the
ancestors at the age of 87.
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