*            Today in Black History - November 18          *

 

1797 - Abolitionist and orator, Sojourner Truth, is born a 

            New York slave on the plantation of Johannes 

            Hardenbergh.  Her given name is Isabelle VanWagener 

            (some references use the name Isabelle Baumfree). 

            She will walk away from her last owner one year 

            prior to being freed by a New York law in 1827, which 

            proclaimed that all slaves twenty-eight years of age 

            and over were to be freed.   Several years later, in 

            response to what she describes as a command from God, 

            she becomes an itinerant preacher and takes the name 

            Sojourner Truth.  Among her most memorable appearances 

            will be at an 1851 women's rights conference in Akron, 

            Ohio.  In her famous "Ain't I a woman?" speech she 

            forcefully attacks the hypocrisies of organized 

            religion, white privilege and everything in between.

 

1900 - Howard Thurman is born in Daytona Beach, Florida. A 

            theologian who studied at Morehouse with Martin L. 

            King, Sr., he will found the interracial Church of 

            Fellowship of All Peoples. The first African American 

            to hold a full-time faculty position at Boston 

            University (in 1953), Dr. Thurman will write 22 books 

            and become widely regarded as one of the greatest 

            spiritual leaders of the 20th century. He will join the 

            ancestors on April 10, 1981.

 

1936 - Hank Ballard is born in Detroit, Michigan.  He will 

            become a prolific songwriter as well as a major rhythm 

            and blues singer. He will perform with his group, The 

            Midnighters, and make the following songs popular: 

            "There's A Thrill Upon The Hill"(Let's Go, Let's Go, 

            Let's Go), "The Twist"(made famous later by Chubby 

            Checker), "Finger Poppin' Time", "Work with Me Annie", 

            "Sexy Ways", and "Annie Had a Baby". He will join the

            ancestors on March 2, 2003. 

 

1949 - Jackie Robinson, of the Brooklyn Dodgers, is named the 

            National League's Most Valuable Player.

 

1956 - Harold Warren Moon, professional football player 

            (Minnesota Vikings, Houston Oilers, and Seattle Seahawks 

            quarterback), is born in Los Angeles, California. He will

            be the first undrafted quarterback and first African 

            American quarterback to be elected to the Football Hall

            of Fame in 2006.

 

1964 - The head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar 

            Hoover, describes Martin Luther King as a "most 

            notorious liar".  This statement is indicative of the 

            agency head's dislike of the civil rights leader.

 

1969 - The National Association of Health Services Executives is 

            incorporated.  NAHSE's goal is to elevate the quality of

            health-care services rendered to poor and disadvantaged

            communities. 

 

1975 - Calvin Murphy of the Houston Rockets, ends the NBA free 

            throw streak at 58 games.

 

1977 - Robert Edward Chambliss, a former KKK member, is 

            convicted of first-degree murder in connection with the 

            1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in 

            Birmingham, Alabama, that killed four African American 

            teenage girls. 

 

1978 - The NAACP's Spingarn Medal is presented to Ambassador 

            Andrew J. Young "in recognition of the deftness with 

            which he has handled relations between this nation and 

            other countries" and "for his major role in raising the 

            consciousness of American citizens to the significance 

            in world affairs of the massive African continent."

 

1980 - Wally "Famous" Amos' signature Panama hat and embroidered 

            shirt are donated to the National Museum of American 

            History's Business Americana collection.  It is the 

            first memorabilia added to the collection by an African 

            American entrepreneur and recognizes the achievement of 

            Amos, who built his company from a mom-and-pop 

            enterprise to a $250 million cookie manufacturing 

            business. 

       

1983 - "Sweet Honey in the Rock," a capella singers, perform

       their 10th anniversary reunion concert in Washington, DC.

 

1994 - Bandleader Cab Calloway joins the ancestors in Hockessin, 

            Delaware, at age 86.


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