* Today in Black History - July 5 *
1852 - At a meeting sponsored by the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society,
in Rochester Hall, Rochester, New York, Frederick Douglass
illustrates the full shame of slavery, delivering a speech that
takes aim at the pieties of the nation -- the cherished memories of
its revolution, its principles of liberty, and its moral and
religious foundation. The Fourth of July, a day celebrating
freedom, is used by Douglass to remind his audience of liberty's
unfinished business. "What to the American Slave is Your Fourth of
July?": "To him your celebration is a sham...to cover up crimes
which would disgrace a nation of savages. There is not a nation of
the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the
people of the United States at this very hour." The text of this
speech can be seen on the Information Man's web site
http://www.informationman.com/douglass.htm .
1892 - Andrew Beard is issued patent number 478,271 for his rotary engine.
1899 - Anna Arnold (later Hedgeman) is born in Marshalltown, Iowa. Hedgeman
will be the first African American woman to serve in the cabinet of
a New York City mayor (1954), a special projects coordinator for
the Commission on Religion and Race of the National Council of
Churches, and recruiter of 40,000 Protestant churchmen to
participate in the 1963 March on Washington.
1913 - Smiley Lewis is born in Dequincy, Louisiana. He will become a
rhythm and blues vocalist and best known for his song, "I Hear You
Knockin'."
1947 - The first African American baseball player in the American League
joins the lineup of the Cleveland Indians. Larry Doby plays his
first game against the Chicago White Sox. He will play for both
the Indians and the White Sox during his 13-year, major-league
career.
1949 - The New York Giants purchase the contracts of Monty Irvin & Henry
Thompson, their first African American players.
1966 - Three nights of race rioting in Omaha, Nebraska, result in the
calling out of the National Guard.
1969 - Tom Mboya, Economics Minister, joins the ancestors after being
assassinated in Narobi, Kenya.
1975 - Arthur Ashe becomes the first African American to win the Wimbledon
Men's Singles Championship when he defeats Jimmy Conners.
1975 - The Cape Verde Islands gain independence after 500 years of
Portuguese rule.
1975 - Forty persons are injured in racial disturbances in Miami, Florida.
1989 - Barry Bond's home run sets father-son (Bobby) HR record at 408.
1990 - Zina Garrison upsets Steffi Graf in the Wimbledon semi-finals.
1994 - In an attempt to halt a surge of Haitian refugees, the Clinton
administration announces it is refusing entry to new Haitian boat
people.
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