* Today in Black History - September 26 *
1867 - Maggie Lena Walker is born in Richmond, Virginia. She will become
a noted businesswoman, civil leader, and founder and president of
Saint Luke Penny Savings Bank. As a result, she will be the first
woman president of a bank in America.
1907 - The People's Savings Bank is incorporated in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Founded by former African American congressman
George H. White, of North Carolina, the bank will help hundreds
of African Americans buy homes and start businesses until the
illness of its founder forces its closure in 1918.
1937 - Bessie Smith joins the ancestors in Clarksville, Mississippi, after
succumbing to injuries sustained in car crash. She was one of the
nation's greatest blues singers and was nicknamed "the Empress of
the Blues." In 1925, Smith and Louis Armstrong made the definitive
rendition of W.C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues," and in 1929 she
made her only movie appearance in the movie of the same name.
1957 - The order alerting regular army units for possible riot duty in
other Southern cities is cancelled by Army Secretary Wilbur M.
Brucker.
1962 - A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., becomes the first African American
member of the Federal Trade Commission. It is one of the
Trenton, New Jersey, native's many accomplishments, including
appointment as a federal district judge and U.S. Circuit Judge
of the Third Circuit.
1962 - Los Angeles Dodger Maury Wills becomes the 1st baseball player to
steal 100 bases (will go on to steal 104).
1962 - Mississippi bars James Meredith for the third time. Lt. Gov. Paul
Johnson and a blockade of state patrolmen turn back Meredith and
federal marshals about four hundred yards from the gate of the
school.
1968 - The Studio Museum of Harlem opens in New York City. Conceived by
Frank Donnelly and Carter Burden, the Studio Museum will become an
influential venue for exhibitions of African American artists in
all media.
1968 - St. Louis Cardinals' Bob Gibson's completes his 13th shutout, and
ends the season with a 1.12 ERA.
1994 - Addressing the U.N. General Assembly, President Clinton announces
that he has lifted most U.S. sanctions against Haiti and urges other
nations to follow suit.
1994 - Jury selection begins in Los Angeles for the murder trial of O.J.
Simpson.
1998 - Grammy-winning jazz singer Betty Carter joins the ancestors in New
York City at age 69.
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