* Today in Black History - January 11 *
1870 - The first reconstruction legislature meets in Jackson,
Mississippi. Thirty one of the 106 representatives and five of
the 33 senators are African American.
1892 - William D. McCoy, of Indiana, is appointed United States
Minister to Liberia.
1902 - Acknowledging the increasing attention African American athletes
receive, the Baltimore "Afro-American" states, "Mr. [Joe] Gans
gets more space in the white papers than all the respectable
colored people in the state." Gans is the world lightweight
boxing champion and first native African American world title
holder.
1924 - James Moore is born in Lobdell, Louisiana (outside of Baton
Rouge). During the 1940's Moore will teach himself how to play
the harmonica and begin working jukes, clubs, parties, and
picnics in Louisiana. Moore will work professionally with
Lightnin' Slim and will be known as "Slim Harpo." Harpo will
be a big influence on British blues-rockers of the mid-Sixties.
1936 - Charles W. Anderson enters the Kentucky House of Representatives
as its first elected African American member. He will serve
for six consecutive terms and will help to dismantle legal
segregation in his state, when his bill allowing African
American and white nurses to go to the same school is passed in
1948.
1947 - Evangelina Rodriguez joins the ancestors in San Pedro de Macoris,
Dominican Republic. She had been the first woman to graduate
from medical school in the Dominican Republic, becoming the
first woman physician to practice in that country.
1957 - Darryl Dawkins is born in Orlando, Florida. He will become one
of only five players to enter the NBA right out of high school
and survive. He will go on to play for fourteen seasons as a
center for the New Jersey Nets and Philadelphia 76'ers.
1960 - Chad declares its independence from France.
1961 - Racially motivated disturbance erupts on the University of
Georgia campus as a result of civil rights demonstrations by
African American students. African American students Charlayne
Hunter and Hamilton Holmes are suspended but will be reinstated
by a federal court order. Hunter-Gault will become an Emmy
award-winning journalist with "The MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour."
1962 - Nelson Mandela leaves South Africa, traveling to Ethiopia,
Algeria, and England to speak out against apartheid in South
Africa.
1985 - Reuben V. Anderson is appointed as judge on the Mississippi
Supreme Court. Anderson is the first African American named to
the court.
1986 - L. Douglas Wilder, of Virginia, is sworn in as the first African
American Lt. Governor since reconstruction.
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