* Today in Black History - September 10 *
1847 - John Roy Lynch is born a slave in Concordia Parish, Louisiana.
Becoming free during the American Civil War, he will settle in
Natchez, Mississippi. There he will learn the photography
business, attend night school, and enter public life in 1869
as justice of the peace for Natchez county. In November, 1869
Lynch will be elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives,
and reelected in 1871. Although blacks never will be in the
majority in the Mississippi legislature, Lynch will be chosen
speaker of the House in 1872. In 1884 he will become the first
African American to preside over a national convention of a major
U.S. political party and deliver the keynote address, when he was
appointed temporary chairman. In his book, "The Facts of
Reconstruction" (1913), Lynch will attempt to dispel the erroneous
notion that Southern state governments after the Civil War were
under the control of blacks.
1886 - Poet Georgia Douglas Johnson is born in Atlanta, Georgia. Among
her books will be "Heart of a Woman", "Bronze", "An Autumn Love
Cycle", and "Share My Love". She will be anthologized in Arna
Bontemps's "American Negro Poetry" and Davis and Lee's "Negro
Caravan," among others. Her home in Washington, DC, will become
the center for African American literary gatherings.
1913 - George W. Buckner, a physician from Indiana, is named minister
to Liberia.
1913 - The Cleveland Call & Post newspaper is established.
1930 - Charles E. Mitchell, certified public accountant and banker from
West Virginia, is named minister to Liberia.
1940 - Roy Ayers is born in Los Angeles, California. In high school Ayers
will form his first group, the Latin Lyrics, and in the early 60s
will begin working professionally with flautist/saxophonist Curtis
Amy. He will become a popular jazz vibraphonist and vocalist,
reaching the peak of his commercial popularity during the mid-70s
and early 80s.
1948 - Robert "Bob" Lanier is born in Buffalo, New York. He will become
a professional basketball player and will be a NBA center for 14
years (10 years with the Detroit Pistons and 4 years with the
Milwaukee Bucks). He will be an eight-time NBA All-Star and will
be elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991.
1956 - Louisville, Kentucky integrates its public school system.
1960 - Running barefoot, Ethiopian Abebe Bikila wins the marathon at
the Rome Olympic Games.
1961 - Jomo Kenyatta returns to Kenya from exile to lead his country.
1962 - Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black vacates an order of a lower
court, ruling that the University of Mississippi had to admit
James H. Meredith, an African American Air Force veteran whose
application for admission had been on file and in the courts for
fourteen months.
1963 - 20 African American students enter public schools in Birmingham,
Tuskegee and Mobile, Alabama, following a standoff between federal
authorities and Governor George C. Wallace.
1965 - Father Divine joins the ancestors in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Divine, born George Baker, was the founder of the Peace Mission, a
religious group whose followers worshiped Divine as God incarnate
on earth.
1972 - Gayle Sayers, of the Chicago Bears, retires from pro football.
1973 - A commemorative stamp of Henry Ossawa Tanner is issued by the
U.S. Postal Service. Part of its American Arts issue, the stamp
celebrates the work and accomplishments of Tanner, the first
African American artist elected to the National Academy of
Design.
1973 - Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton in a championship heavyweight
boxing match in Los Angeles -- and avenges a loss to Norton the
previous March in San Diego.
1974 - Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
1974 - Lou Brock, of the St. Louis Cardinals, breaks Maury Wills' major
league record for stolen bases in a season. 'Lighting' Lou
Brock steals his 105th base on his way to a career total of
938 stolen bases, a record which will be broken by Rickey
Henderson.
1976 - Mordecai Johnson, the first African American president of Howard
University, joins the ancestors at age 86.
1986 - Sprinter, Evelyn Ashford is defeated for the first time in eight
years. Ashford loses to Valerie Brisco-Hooks in the 200-meter
run held in Rome, Italy.
2000 - At The 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy awards the following quotes were
made as Charles Dutton and Halle Berry accepted their respective
awards - "There goes my acting career." - Charles S. Dutton,
accepting as outstanding director of a miniseries or movie for
HBO's "The Corner." - "Wherever Dorothy Dandridge is right now,
I know she is standing tall and proud and smiling." - Halle Berry,
accepting a best actress Emmy for the HBO movie "Introducing
Dorothy Dandridge."
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