* Today in Black History - September 16 *
1795 - The British capture Capetown, South Africa.
1848 - France abolishes slavery in all of its colonies and
territories.
1859 - Lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania
and Mozambique, is first seen by a European, British
explorer David Livingstone.
1889 - Claude A. Barnett is born in Sanford, Florida. In 1919,
he will found the Associated Negro Press (ANP). By 1935,
the ANP will serve over 200 subscribers across the
country and after WW II its membership will grow to
include more than 100 African American newspapers. During
World War II, he and other Black journalist will pressure
the U. S. government to accredit Black journalists as war
correspondents. In his travels, he will write many
accounts on the adverse effects of segregation in the
armed forces. He will also focus on the terrible living
conditions of Black tenant farmers. From 1942 to 1953, he
will serve as a consultant to the Secretary of Agriculture
in an effort to improve their conditions. He will be a
member of the Tuskegee board of directors until 1965. He
will hold a similar post with the American Red Cross,
Chicago’s Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Company, and will
be president of the board of directors of Provident
Hospital. The ANP will cease operating after he joins the
ancestors, succumbing to a cerebral hemorrhage in 1967.
1893 - The last Oklahoma land rush, targeted in the territory's
Cherokee strip (outlet) begins. More than 100,000
homesteaders rush to claim a share of the 6 million acres
in this strip of land between Oklahoma and Kansas, opened
up by the U.S. government. Among the participants is E.P.
McCabe, who will establish the all African American town of
Liberty a few days later. McCabe will also be involved in
the earlier establishment of the African American town of
Langston, Oklahoma, named for John Mercer Langston,
Virginia's first African American congressman. The
Oklahoma land rushes started in 1889, but African Americans
were excluded from the first one.
1915 - The United States takes control of customs & finances in
Haiti for the next 10 years.
1921 - Jon Carl Hendricks is born in Newark, Ohio. He will become
an influential singer in the jazz group, Lambert, Hendricks
and Ross.
1925 - Riley B. King is born in Itta Bena, Mississippi. He will
become a blues great, known as B(lues) B(oy) King. Playing
his guitar, nicknamed 'Lucille,' King will have over 50 hit
blues albums and win a 1970 Grammy for "The Thrill Is Gone".
1933 - Emperor Jones, starring Paul Robeson as Brutus Jones, is
released by United Artists. It is Robeson's first starring
movie role and the first major Hollywood production
starring an African American with whites in supporting
roles.
1934 - Elgin Baylor is born in Washington, DC. He will become a
NBA star beginning as the 1958-59 Rookie of the Year with
the Los Angeles Lakers. He will set the NBA Playoff Record
for points scored in a game (61), and for points scored in
a playoff series (284) [both in 1962].
1937 - Orlando Manuel Cepeda Penne is born in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
He will be become a professional baseball player. In his
first season in 1958, he will bat .312 with 25 home runs
and 96 runs RBI, lead the National League in doubles (38),
and will be named Rookie of the Year. In 1967, he will be
named the National League MVP by hitting .325 and having
a league-leading 111 RBIs. He will be the second NL player
(joining fellow Giant Carl Hubbell in 1936) to win the MVP
unanimously (receiving all first-place votes). He will be
a seven-time All-Star (1959–64, 1967). He will retire in
1975 with a career .297 BA with 379 homers and 1365 RBI in
17 seasons. He will be the first designated hitter for the
Boston Red Sox, and the second DH in all of MLB. He will
be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999, joining
Roberto Clemente as the only other Puerto Rican in the
Hall.
1953 - Earl Klugh, Jazz pianist/guitarist, is born in Detroit,
Michigan. He will become an American smooth jazz/jazz
fusion guitarist and composer. He normally finger picks a
nylon string classical guitar. At the age of 13, he will
be captivated by the guitar playing of Chet Atkins when he
makes an appearance on the Perry Como Show. He will since
be a guest on several Atkins albums. Atkins, reciprocating
as well, joins Earl on his "Magic In Your Eyes" album. He
will also be influenced by Bob James, Ray Parker Jr, Wes
Montgomery and Laurindo Almeida. His sound will be a blend
of these jazz, pop and rhythm and blues influences,
forming a potpourri of sweet contemporary music original
to only him. He will become a guitar instructor at the
young age of 15, and will eventually be discovered by
Yuseff Lateef. His career will rapidly progress to working
with the likes of George Benson, George Shearing, Chick
Corea, and many others. Like several other Detroit-bred
entertainers, He attended Mumford High School in Detroit.
For their album "One on One," He and Bob James will
receive a Grammy award for Best Pop Instrumental
Performance of 1981. He will receive at least 13 Grammy
nods and millions of record and CD sales,
1965 - San Francisco's Grace Cathedral becomes the site of the
first concert of sacred music presented by Duke Ellington.
1971 - Six Klansmen are arrested in connection with the bombing of
10 school buses in Pontiac, Michigan.
1981 - Boxer 'Sugar' Ray Leonard, at age 25, knocks out Thomas 'The
Hit Man' Hearns. Leonard wins the welterweight boxing
championship -- and the richest payday in boxing history.
1989 - Debbye Turner, a senior at the University of Missouri
Veterinary School, is crowned Miss America. She is the
third African American to win the crown since the pageant
began in 1921.
1990 - Keenen Ivory Wayans' "In Living Color" wins an Emmy for
Outstanding Comedy Series.
1993 - Minnesota Twins' slugger Dave Winfield becomes the 19th
player to get 3,000 career hits.
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