* Today in Black History - July 6 *
1853 - A National Black convention meets in Rochester, New York, with 140
delegates from nine states. James W.C. Pennington of New York is
elected president of this meeting, generally considered the largest
and most representative of the early African American conventions.
1853 - William Wells Brown publishes "Clotel," the first novel by an
African American.
1854 - The Republican Party is organized to oppose the extension of slavery.
1864 - John Wesley Gilbert, archeologist, is born in Hepzibah, Georgia.
1868 - Eighty-five African Americans and 70 white representatives meet in
Columbia, South Carolina, at the opening of the state's General
Assembly. It is the first and last U.S. legislature with an African
American majority.
1869 - African American candidate for Lt. Governor of Virginia, Dr. J.H.
Harris, is defeated by a vote of 120,068 to 99,600.
1931 - Della Reese (Deloreese Patricia Early) is born in Detroit, Michigan.
As a teen-ager, she will tour with gospel great Mahalia Jackson and,
at the age of 18, forms the Meditation Singers and will become the
first performer to take gospel music to the casinos of Las Vegas.
She will become the first African American female to host a daytime
television talk show (1969-70) and will appear in numerous television
series, including "Sanford and Son," "The A-Team" and, on the CBS
Television Network, "Crazy Like a Fox" and "Picket Fences." She will
also star as a series regular in "Charlie & Company" and "The Royal
Family", both on the CBS Network. In September, 1994, she became a
regular on the award winning show, "Touched By An Angel."
1957 - Althea Gibson becomes the first African American tennis player to win
a Wimbledon singles title, defeating fellow American Darlene Hard 6-3,
6-2. She will also team up with Darlene Hard to win the doubles
championship.
1964 - Malawi (then Nyasaland) gains independence from Great Britain.
1966 - Malawi becomes a republic.
1967 - The Biafran War erupts as Nigerian troops invade. The war will last
more than two years, claiming some 600,000 lives.
1971 - Louis Armstrong joins the ancestors in Corona, Queens, in New York
City.
Armstrong had been one of the most popular and influential jazz
musicians since his 1929 hit "Ain't Misbehavin" and had enjoyed an
immensely successful performing and recording career.
1975 - The Comoros Islands declare independence from France. The deputies of
Mayotte refuse, and thus that island nation remains under French
control. The official languages in Comoros are Arabic and French, but
the vernacular is a Comorian variant of Swahili. It is an island
nation located in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar approximately 250
miles off the coast of Africa.
1984 - Michael Jackson and his brothers start their "Victory Tour" in Kansas
City, Missouri's Arrowhead Stadium. The tour turns out to be a
victory for the Jacksons when the nationwide concert tour concludes
months later.
1990 - Jesse Owens is honored on a stamp issued by the U.S. Postal Service.
Owens was a four-time Olympic gold medal winner in the 1936 Summer
Games in Berlin.
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