* Today in Black History - May 24 *
1854 - Anthony Burns, celebrated fugitive slave, is arrested by
United States Deputy Marshals in Boston, Massachusetts.
1861 - Major General Benjamin F. Butler declare slaves
"contraband of war."
1864 - Two regiments, the First and Tenth U.S. Colored Troops,
repulse an attack by rebel General Fitzhugh Lee. Also
participating in battle at Wilson's Wharf Landing, on the
bank of the James River, were a small detachment of white
Union troops and a battery of light artillery.
1881 - Paul Quinn College is chartered in the State of Texas.
The college, founded in 1872, had moved from its original
site in Austin to Waco in 1877.
1905 - Martin Dihigo is born in Havana, Cuba. He will become a
baseball player in the Negro Leagues and will be considered
by some to be the greatest all-around player of all-time of
African descent. He will be elected to the Cuban and
Mexican Halls of Fame during his lifetime, and will be
posthumously elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame
in 1977.
1937 - Archie Shepp is born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He will
become a renowned avant-garde jazz saxophonist and play with
a variety of jazz greats including John Coltrane, Bobby
Hutcherson, and Donald Cherry. He also will be a composer
of jazz instrumental compositions and the play "Lady Day: A
Musical Tragedy." He will use free jazz as a vehicle for
political expression and will be an important factor in the
growing acceptance of African American identity. He will
become an Associate Professor at the University of
Massachusetts but will continue his concert career at the
same time, working mostly in Europe. He will be a seminal
figure in the development of the New Music and influence
many saxophonists of the avant-garde.
1944 - Patricia Louise Holt is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
She will be better known as Patti LaBelle, organizer and
lead singer of Patti LaBelle and the Bluebells in 1960. In
the 1970's, she will reconfigure the group and later reteam
with Nona Hendryx and Sara Dash as LaBelle. In 1976, LaBelle
will pursue a solo career, gain even more critical and
popular acclaim, and win a 1992 Grammy.
1951 - Racial segregation in Washington, DC, restaurants is ruled
illegal by the Municipal Court of Appeals.
1954 - Peter Marshall Murray is installed as president of the New
York County Medical Society. He is the first African
American physician to head an AMA affiliate.
1961 - Twenty-seven Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson,
Mississippi.
1963 - The Organization of African Unity is founded in Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia.
1974 - Edward "Duke" Ellington joins the ancestors in New York
City at the age of 75. For nearly half a century, Duke
Ellington led the premier American big-band, and is
considered by many sources to be the greatest composer
in the history of jazz.
1983 - Jesse L. Jackson becomes the first African American to
address a joint session of a state legislature in the
20th century, when he talks to the Alabama legislature.
1984 - Ralph Sampson of the Houston Rockets becomes the first
unanimous choice for NBA Rookie of the Year since Lew
Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabar) of the Los Angeles Lakers
in 1970.
1991 - Hal McRae is named manager of the Kansas City Royals.
He will become one of two African American managers
serving in major league baseball.
1993 - The African nation of Eritrea gains independence from
Ethiopia.
2000 - Isiah Thomas and Bob McAdoo are elected to be enshrined
in the 2000 class of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
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