* Today in Black History - July 25 *
1916 - Garrett T. Morgan, inventor of the gas mask, rescues six persons
from a gas-filled tunnel in Cleveland, Ohio.
1918 - A race riot occurs in Chester, Pennsylvania. Three African
Americans and 2 whites are killed.
1921 - Liberty Life Insurance Company is founded by Frank L. Gillespie.
After a 1926 merger with Supreme Life and Casualty of Columbus,
Ohio, and Northeastern Life of Newark, New Jersey, the
resulting company will be called Supreme Life Insurance Company
and be, at one time, one of the largest African American
insurance companies in the nation.
1930 - Nineteen-year-old Josh Gibson is called out of the stands to
substitute for the regular catcher for the Pittsburgh Homestead
Grays, one of the best-known all-Negro professional baseball
teams. Gibson will go on to play 15 years with a variety of
teams in the Negro leagues. His lifetime batting average,
.423, will earn him election to the Baseball Hall of Fame in
1972.
1941 - Nate Thurmond, Basketball Hall of Famer: San Francisco/Golden
State Warriors, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers; NBA
record: 18 rebounds in one quarter [1965]), is born.
1943 - The U.S. Navy launches the "Leonard Roy Harmon' in Quincy,
Massachusetts, the nation's first warship named for an African
American. Harmon, a messman, was posthumously awarded the
Navy Cross for heroism.
1954 - Walter Payton, (Pro Football Hall of Famer: Chicago Bears RB:
Super Bowl XX; NFL individual record-holder:rushing yards
gained in one game [275], in career [16,726]; career [1975-87]
touchdowns scored [110] scored), is born.
1964 - A racially motivated disturbance begins in Rochester, New York.
Subsequent to this civil unrest, the major employers in the
metropolitan area (Kodak, Xerox, Sybron, and Bausch & Lomb)
show marked improvements in their hiring of African Americans.
1966 - Constance B. Motley becomes the first African American woman
to be appointed a federal judge.
1972 - The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, where African Americans
were used as guinea pigs in syphilis experiments for 40
years, is admitted to by U.S. government health officials.
1981 - Walter Payton signs a contract to play with the Chicago Bears
of the NFL on his 27th birthday. The famed running back will
earn almost $2 million over his three years. 'Sweetness', as
he is nicknamed (because of his disposition), becomes the
highest paid player in the National Football League.
1990 - "Black Enterprise' publisher Earl G. Graves and Los Angeles
Lakers star Magic Johnson become the largest minority-
controlled franchise in the country when they sign a $ 60
million agreement to purchase Pepsi-Cola of Washington, DC.
1991 - Dennis Hightower is promoted to president of Disney Consumer
Products-Europe/Middle East. Hightower will have operating
responsibility for all book and magazine publishing,
merchandise licensing, children's records and music, film
promotion and television sponsorship and will manage the
company's eight subsidiaries and six offices in Europe and
the Middle East.
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