* Today in Black History - July 26 *
1847 - Twenty-five years after the first free African Americans
arrive at the colony of Cape Mesurado, the commonwealth
of Liberia declares itself an independent republic.
Joseph Jenkins Roberts, a Virginia native, becomes its
first president.
1865 - Catholic priest Patrick Francis Healy passes his final
Ph.D. examinations in philosophy at the University of
Louvrain in Belgium. He becomes the first African
American to earn a Ph.D.
1916 - Spottswood W. Robinson III is born in Richmond, Virginia.
He will pursue a distinguished career in law, in private
practice, as a representative of the NAACP Legal Defense
Fund, dean of the Howard University Law School, and as a
member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. In 1966,
he will be named a U.S. Circuit Judge of the DC Circuit
by President Lyndon B. Johnson, becoming the first African
American jurist on that court. He will later become the
first African American Chief Judge of the District of
Columbia Circuit Court. He will join the ancestors on
October 11, 1998.
1918 - Two days after she moves into a predominantly, though not
exclusively, white Philadelphia neighborhood, an African
American woman's house is stoned. The incident will set
off four days of riots in which one African American and
three whites are killed.
1926 - The Spingarn Medal is awarded to Carter G. Woodson for
"ten years of devoted service in collecting and
publishing the records of the Negro in America."
1948 - President Harry S Truman issues Executive Order 9981,
directing "equality of treatment and opportunity for all
personnel without regard to race, color, religion or
national origin" in federal employment and the armed
forces.
1948 - Bob Howard becomes the first African American host of a
network show - CBS' "The Bob Howard Show."
1951 - The Army announces that it is disbanding the 24th Infantry
Regiment, its last and oldest all African American
regiment, in order to integrate all White and African
American troops in the Korean War zone.
1998 - Larry Doby, the first African American in major league
baseball's American League, and Joe Rogan, a player in
the Negro Leagues, are inducted into Baseball's Hall of
Fame.
2009 - Rickey Henderson, age 50 and Jim Rice, age 56, are inducted
into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
Henderson lead the American League in steals 12 times and
holds the record for steals with 1,406, runs scored with
2,295, unintentional walks with 2,129, and homers leading
off a game with 81. He also set the modern major league
record for stolen bases with 130. Rice batted .298 with
382 home runs and 1,451 RBI from 1974 to 1989. He drove
in 100 or more runs eight times, batted over .300 seven
times, and topped 200 hits four times. Rice is also the
only player in major league history with at least 35 homers
and 200 hits in three consecutive seasons (1977-79).
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