* Today in Black History - February 13 *
1818 - The first African American Episcopal priest ordained in the United
States, Absalom Jones, joins the ancestors in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. He was an instrumental force in the development
of the early African American church and benevolent society
movements.
1882 - Henry Highland Garnet, abolitionist, preacher, diplomat and
protest leader, joins the ancestors in Monrovia, Liberia at the
age of 66.
1892 - The first African American performers, the World's Fair
Colored Opera Company, appear at New York City's Carnegie Hall
less than one year after the hall's opening. In the company
is concert singer Matilda Sissieretta Jones, who will have her
solo debut at Carnegie Hall two years later.
1907 - Wendell P. Dabney establishes "The Union." The Cincinnati, Ohio
paper's motto is "For no people can become great without being
united, for in union, there is strength."
1919 - Eddie Robinson is born. He will accept the head coaching
position in 1941, at the Louisiana Negro Normal and Industrial
Institute in Grambling, Louisiana (later named Grambling State
University. Over the next 54 years, he will become the
winningest college football coach. On October 7, 1995, he will
win his 400th game, establishing a record and securing his
status as a legend. Sports Illustrated will place Robinson on
the cover of its October 14, 1995 issue, making him the first
and only coach of an historically Black university to appear on
the cover of any major sports publication in the United States.
To his credit, he will produce 113 NFL players, including four
Pro Football Hall of Famers.
1920 - The National Association of Professional Baseball Clubs is
founded by Andrew "Rube" Foster. They will be called the Negro
National League. It will become the first successful African
American professional baseball league. Two other leagues had
previously been started, but failed to last more than one
season.
1923 - The first African American professional basketball team "The
Renaissance" is organized by Robert J. Douglas. It is named
after its home court, the Renaissance Casino. They will play
from 1923 to 1939 and have a record of 1,588 wins against 239
losses. They will become the first African American team in
the Basketball Hall of Fame.
1957 - The Southern Leadership Conference is founded at a meeting of
ministers in New Orleans, Louisiana. Martin Luther King, Jr.
is elected its first president. Later in the year its name
will be changed to the Southern Christian Leadership
Conference.
1976 - General Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, who came to power in
1975 after General Gowon is ousted, joins the ancestors after
being killed in an unsuccessful counter-coup. His chief of
staff, General Olusegun Obasanjo, will assume Mohammed's post
and his promise to hand over political power to civilian rule.
1996 - Minister Louis Farrakhan, of the Nation of Islam, visits Iran to
celebrate its 1979 revolution ousting the Shah.
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