* Today in Black History - October 12 *
1904 - William Montague Cobb is born in Washington, DC. He will become
a physician, longtime professor of anatomy, and editor of the
Journal of the National Medical Association from 1949 to 1977.
1908 - Ann Petry is born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. She will become
the author of "The Street and the Juvenile Work", and "Harriet
Tubman, Conductor of the Underground Railroad."
1925 - Xavier University, America's only African American Catholic
college, becomes a reality, when the College of Liberal Arts
and Sciences is established. The first degrees were awarded
three years later. (The Normal School was founded in 1915.)
1929 - Napoleon Brown is born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He will
become a blues singer better known as "Nappy" Brown. He will
begin his career as the lead singer for the gospel group, The
Heavenly Lights, recording for Savoy Records. In 1954, Savoy
will convince Brown to cross over to secular music. For the
next few years, he will ride the first wave of rock and roll
until his records stop selling. After years away from the
limelight, Nappy Brown will resurface in 1984 with an album for
Landslide Records. Since then, he has been regularly performing
and currently records for the New Moon Blues independent label.
1932 - Richard Claxton Gregory is born in St. Louis, Missouri. He will
be better known as "Dick" Gregory and in the 1960's will become
a comedic pioneer, bringing a new perspective to comedy and
opening many doors for Black entertainers. Once he achieves
success in the entertainment world, he will shift gears and use
his talents to help causes in which he believes. He will serve
the community for over forty years as a comedian, civil and
human rights activist and health/nutrition advocate. On October
9, 2000, his friends and supporters will honor him at a Kennedy
Center gala, showing him their "appreciation for his uncommon
character, unconditional love, and generous service."
1935 - Samuel Moore is born in Miami, Florida. He will become a rhythm
and blues singer and one half of the group: Sam & Dave (Dave
Prater). The two singers will be brought together onstage at
Miami's King of Hearts nightclub during an amateur night venue.
Sam and Dave will record for the Alston and Roulette labels
before being discovered by Atlantic Records' Jerry Wexler, who
caught their act at the King of Hearts in 1964 and then sent
them to Memphis-based Stax to record the next year. They will
be best know for their hits, "Hold On! I'm a Comin'", "Soul Man",
"I Thank You", and "You Got Me Hummin'". Sam and Dave will
finally call it quits after a performance in San Francisco on
New Year's Eve in 1981. Samuel Moore will live to see the
induction of Sam and Dave into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
in 1992 (Dave Prater will be killed in an automobile accident
in 1988).
1968 - Equatorial Guinea gains independence from Spain.
1972 - Forty-six African American and white sailors are injured in a
racially motivated insurrection aboard the aircraft carrier
Kitty Hawk, off the coast of North Vietnam.
1989 - George Beavers, Jr., the last surviving founder of Golden State
Life Insurance Company of Los Angeles, California, joins the
ancestors. He co-founded this company in 1925, which is the
third largest African American life insurance company, with $120
million in assets and $5 billion of insurance in force.
1989 - Herschel Walker is traded from the Dallas Cowboys to the Minnesota
Vikings for 12 players. The trade will turn out a lot better for
Dallas than for Minnesota.
1999 - Wilt Chamberlain joins the ancestors. He succumbs to a heart attack
at the age of 63 in his Bel Air home in Los Angeles, California.
Chamberlain was a center so big, agile and dominant that he forced
basketball to change its rules and was the only player to score
100 points in an NBA game.
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