* Today in Black History - August 17 *
1847 - Archibald Henry Grimke' is born into slavery on a plantation near
Charleston, South Carolina. His white father, Henry Grimke', was
of the famous Grimke' family which included abolitionist sisters
Sarah and Angelina. After being freed in 1852, Archibald will
have a distinguished career as a lawyer (Harvard Law, 1874),
political delegate, newspaper publisher ("The Hub" in Boston),
and author.
1887 - Marcus Garvey is born in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica. He will become a
charismatic black nationalist and founder of the UNIA, an
organization dedicated to education, racial pride, and African
development. He will also found the Black Star Line, an African
American owned steamship company established to link new-world
Blacks with their African motherland. Garvey and several
associates will be railroaded by the U.S. government for "mail
fraud" in connection with the sale of Black Star stock. Garvey
will be convicted and serve five years in federal prison. The U.S.
government trumped up these charges against Marcus Garvey because
he was a threat to the status quo of the Negro people of America.
That is why he was deported instead of being forced to serve his
complete sentence here. The U.S. government simply wanted to get
rid of him.
1920 - Isaiah Boyd Perry is born in Money Point (Norfolk), Virginia. He
will grow up in Hampton, Virginia and will become the first faculty
member of Hampton Institute to graduate from the Hampton Institute
Laboratory High School (George P. Phenix), graduate from the
Hampton Institute Trade School, graduate with a Bachelor of Science
Degree, and a Master of Science Degree and join the "Quarter of the
Century Club" as a faculty member with twenty five years of
service. He will join the ancestors in 1971.
1931 - A'Lelia Walker Robinson joins the ancestors and residents of Harlem
and New York City mourn her death. The daughter of Madame C.J.
Walker, she had distinguished herself as hostess of the "Dark
Tower" on Harlem's West 136th Street, a meeting place for Harlem
Renaissance poets, philosophers, and artists such as W.E.B. DuBois,
Langston Hughes, and Aaron Douglas, as well as European nobility
and members of New York's social register.
1939 - Luther Allison is born in Widener, Arkansas. He will become a
blues guitarist. Allison will spend his formative musical years
in Chicago jamming with the West Side's best, including Magic
Sam, Otis Rush, and Freddie King. His first recording, "Love Me
Mama" (Delmark, 1969), is considered a blues classic. Allison
will come to national prominence with blistering performances at
the 1969 and 1970 Ann Arbor Blues Festivals, wowing young rock
fans with his scorching guitar solos and soulful vocals. He will
become the first blues act to sign with Motown Records in 1971,
subsequently releasing three records for the label. He will
tour nationally throughout the 1970s before relocating to Paris
in the early 1980s where he will continue to release albums
(many issued only in Europe) and tour incessantly, eventually
becoming a European blues superstar.
1960 - Gabon declares its independence from France.
1984 - Roberto Clemente becomes the second baseball player to be featured
on a U.S. postage stamp.
1988 - Butch Reynolds of the United States sets the 400 meter record
(43.29) in Zurich, Switzerland.
1990 - Pearl Bailey, Broadway actress and singer, joins the ancestors at
the age of 72 after succumbing to a heart attack in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
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