* 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," first novel by an
African American.
1854 - Republican Party organized to oppose 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) in 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 dies 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. 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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The source for these facts are "Encyclopedia Britannica,
"InfoBeat," "I, Too, Sing America - The African American
Book of Days," "Before the Mayflower", "Black Firsts" and
independent research by the Information Man.
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