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* Today in Black History - August 25 *
1862 - The Secretary of War authorizes General Rufus Saxton to arm up
to five thousand slaves.
1886 - Some six hundred delegates organize the American National
Baptist Convention at a St. Louis meeting. Rev. William J.
Simmons is elected president.
1886 - Kentucky State College is founded.
1925 - A. Phillip Randolph organizes the Sleeping Car Porters' Union
(Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters) at a mass meeting in the
Elks' Hall in Harlem. He is elected president.
1927 - Althea Gibson is born in Silver, South Carolina. She will grow
up to be a pioneer in the field of tennis, becoming the first
African American to play tennis at the U.S. Open in 1950 and
at Wimbledon the following year. In 1957, she will win the
singles and doubles titles at Wimbledon, another first for an
African American.
1950 - Sugar Ray Robinson knocks out Jose Basora to win the world
middleweight boxing title.
1964 - Blair Underwood, actor ("Downtown," "L.A. Law's" Jonathan
Rollins), is born.
1965 - James M. Nabrit Jr. is named ambassador and assigned to the
United Nations' delegation.
1991 - African Americans receive seven Emmy awards, a record number.
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