* Today in Black History - January 27 *
1869 - Will Marion Cook, who will become a noted composer and conductor,
is born in Washington, DC. Studying the violin at age 13, at 15
Cook will win a scholarship to study at the Berlin Conservatory.
Among other accomplishments, he will introduce syncopated
ragtime to New York City theatregoers in his operetta "Clorinda."
Duke Ellington will call him the "master of all masters of our
people."
1894 - Frederick Douglass 'Fritz' Pollard is born in Chicago, Illinois.
He will become a football star at Brown University in 1915 and
lead them to the first Rose Bowl game, played on January 1,
1916. This will make him the first African American to play in
the Rose Bowl. He will become the first African American named
an All-American. After leaving Brown University, he will become
one of the first African Americans to play professional football
and will become the first African American quarterback and the
first African American head coach, both with the NFL Akron
Indians. When the NFL bans African American players from its
ranks in 1933, Pollard will organize the first African American
professional football team, the Brown Bombers of Harlem. After
fifteen years in professional football, Pollard will establish
the first all-African American investment company in the
country, and run New York City's first African American tabloid
newspaper. He will also be involved in the production of some
of America's first all-African American movies.
1915 - The United States Marines occupy Haiti. This occupation will
continue until 1934. Americans will serve as officials of the
Haitian government and control its finances, police force, and
public works.
1930 - Bobby 'Blue' Bland is born in Rosemark, Tennessee. He will
become a singer and start his career as a member of The Beale
Streeters with Johnny Ace. He will become a solo artist with
the Malaco label and record "That's the Way Love Is," "Call on
Me," "Turn on Your Love Light," and "Ain't Nothin' You Can Do."
1952 - Ralph Ellison's powerful novel "Invisible Man" wins the National
Book Award.
1961 - Leontyne Price makes her debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in
New York City. She sings in the role of Leonora in "Il
Trovatore". Price is the seventh African American singer to
make a debut at the Met. Marian Anderson was the first in 1955.
1972 - Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer, joins the ancestors in Evergreen
Park, Illinois at the age of 60. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana,
she began her singing career with the Salem Baptist Choir in
Chicago, Illinois. She achieved national fame with her recording
of "Move on Up A Little Higher," which sold over a million copies.
Many considered her rich contralto voice the best in gospel
music.
1972 - In Columbia, South Carolina, the white and African American
United Methodist conferences of South Carolina -- separated
since the Civil War -- vote in their respective meetings to
adopt a plan of union.
1984 - Carl Lewis betters his own two-year-old record by 9-1/4 inches
when he sets a new, world, indoor-record with a long jump mark
of 28 feet, 10-1/4 inches in New York City.
1984 - Singer, Michael Jackson's hair catches on fire during the filming
of a Pepsi commercial in Los Angeles at the Shrine Auditorium.
Pyrotechnics did not operate on cue, injuring the singer. Jackson
is hospitalized for a few days and fans from around the world send
messages of concern.
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