* 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 later 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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