* Today in Black History - January 26 *
1863 - The War Department authorizes the governor of Massachusetts to
enlist African American troops to fight in the Civil War. The
54th and 55th Volunteer Infantry are the result.
1893 - Bessie Coleman was born in Altanta, Texas, the twelfth of
thirteen children. She will grow up to become the first
African American female pilot and the first woman to obtain
an international flying license.
1932 - George H. Clements is born. He will become a priest in the
Washington, DC area nationally known for his anti-drug
activism and involvement in the group "One Church, One
Addict." In 1981, he will found the "One Church, One Child"
Program in Chicago at the Holy Angels Church, a
predominantly black Catholic church. His goal will be to
recruit black adoptive parents through local churches. Rev.
Clements wil be named to the National Committee for
Adoption's Hall of Fame in 1989 for his outstanding
leadership and the great interest he generated in black
adoptions. The One Church, One Child program will become a
national recruiting effort in 1988, and 32 states will use
all or portions of the program. Its originally envisioned
mission is to combine the resources of the church and the
state to the end of recruiting black adoptive parents to
provide permanent homes for black children awaiting adoption.
1934 - The Apollo Theatre opens in New York City as a 'Negro
vaudeville theatre'. It will become the showplace for many
of the great African American entertainers, singers, groups
and instrumentalists in the country. The saying will become
common "If you made it... you played it..." at the Apollo
Theatre.
1934 - Huey "Piano" Smith is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He will
become a Rhythm and Blues pianist and will be best known for
his recording of "Having a Good Time." In 2000, he will be
honored with a Pioneer Award by the Rhythm and Blues
Foundation.
1940 - Sherian Grace Cadoria is born in Marksville, Louisiana. She
will make her career in the United States Army after
graduating from Southern University in Louisiana. In 1985,
she will be promoted to brigadier general, making her the
highest ranking African American woman in the U.S. military.
She will be the first woman elevated to that rank in the
Provost Marshal Corps. She will eventually become Director
of Manpower and Personnel for the Organization of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff. General Cadoria will say that she has
"gotten more pressure from being a woman in a man's world
than from being black." She will accomplish many firsts:
she will be the first woman to command a battalion; the
first woman to command a criminal investigation brigade; the
first African American woman director for the Joint Chiefs of
Staff; and the first woman to attend the Army's top colleges,
Command and General Staff College and the U.S. Army War
College. She will be the senior African American female
general in the U.S. Armed Forces upon her retirement in
November 1990 after serving 29 years. Following retirement,
General Cadoria will found her own business, Cadoria Speaker
and Consultancy Service.
1944 - Angela Yvonne Davis is born in Birmingham, Alabama. Active in
civil rights demonstrations and in the Student Non-Violent
Coordinating Committee, she will be fired twice from the
University of California at Los Angeles because of her
Communist Party affiliation and she will successfully sue for
reinstatement. A philosopher and author, she will flee the
law after being implicated in the 1970 Soledad Brothers
shooting. After sixteen months in jail, she will be acquitted
of all charges.
1958 - Anita Baker is born in Toledo, Ohio. A singer of ballads and
jazz-inspired Rhythm and Blues, her 1986 album "Rapture" will
sell five million copies and earn her a 1987 Grammy. She will
win two more in 1989.
1970 - Kirk Franklin is born in Riverside, Texas. He will become a
Grammy Award winning, platinum-selling musician who will blend
gospel, hip hop, and Rhythm & Blues in the 1990s. He will
release his first gospel album, "Kirk Franklin & Family," in
1993, and will be known as the leader of contemporary gospel
choirs such as Kirk Franklin & the Family, Kirk Franklin's Nu
Nation, God's Property and Kirk Franklin Presents 1NC. He will
integrate hip hop styles with gospel themes in albums such as "
The Nu Nation Project and God's Property, which will achieve
success on the Billboard Pop Album, Rhythm & Blues and gospel
charts. He will collaborate with the biggest names in gospel
music, including Mary Mary, Tonex, Donnie McClurkin, Richard
Smallwood, Crystal Lewis, Pastor Shirley Caesar, tobyMac,
Jaci Valesquez, and Willie Neal Johnson. He will also display
a willingness to collaborate with artists from the secular
realm, including Bono, Mary J. Blige, and R. Kelly on the hit
single from his album Nu Nation Project, "Lean on Me."
1990 - Elaine Weddington Steward is named assistant general manager of
the Boston Red Sox. She becomes the first African American
female executive of a professional baseball organization.
2005 - Dr. Condoleezza Rice is confirmed by the U.S. Senate as
Secretary of State. She becomes the first African American
woman to hold this post.
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