* Today in Black History - January 8 *
1811 - A slave rebellion begins 35 miles outside of New Orleans,
Louisiana. U.S. troops will be called upon to put down the
uprising of over 400 slaves, which will last three days.
1837 - Fanny M. Jackson is born a slave in Washington, DC. She will
become the first African American woman college graduate in the
United States when she graduates from Oberlin College in 1865.
After graduation, she will become a teacher at the Institute for
Colored Youths in Philadelphia. In 1869, she will become the
first African American woman to head an institution of higher
learning when she is made Principal of the Institute. In the
fall of 1881, Fanny will marry the Rev. Levi Jenkins Coppin, a
minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The marriage
will open a wealth of missionary opportunities for Fanny. When
her husband is made Bishop of Cape Town, South Africa, Fanny
will accompany him and travel thousands of miles organizing
mission societies. In 1926, a facility for teacher training in
Baltimore, Maryland will be named Fanny Jackson Coppin Normal
School in her honor. The school is known today as Coppin State
College.
1867 - Overriding President Andrew Johnson's veto, Congress passes
legislation giving African Americans in the District of Columbia
the right to the vote.
1912 - The African National Congress, in South Africa, is formed.
1922 - Colonel Charles Young dies in Lagos, Nigeria at the age of 58.
He was one of the first African American graduates of West
Point, the first to achieve the rank of colonel in the U.S.
Army, and the second winner of the NAACP's Spingarn Medal
(1916).
1937 - Shirley Bassey is born in Wales. She will become a professional
singer and is best known for her rendition of the James Bond
themes: "Goldfinger," and "Diamond's Are Forever."
1975 - The state-owned Alabama Educational Television Commission has its
application for license renewal denied by the Federal
Communications Commission because of racial discrimination
against African Americans in employment and programming.
1993 - Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls, scores his 20,000th career
point.
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