* 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. Her family will later move to St. Paul, Minnesota,
where she will be raised. In 1922, she became the first
African American woman to graduate from St. Paul’s
Hamline University. Hamline University will award her an
Honorary Doctor degree in 1948. She will be a National
Organization of Women founder, the first African American
woman to serve on a mayoral cabinet in New York City
(1954 to 1958) and a special projects coordinator for the
Commission on Religion and Race of the National Council
of Churches. She will be credited with recruiting over
40,000 protestant churchmen to participate in the 1963
March on Washington. Dr. Hedgeman will join the ancestors
on January 17, 1990 in Harlem Hospital. Today, her
portrait hangs in The National Gallery in Washington, D.C.
1913 - Overton Lemons is born in Dequincy, Louisiana. He will
become a rhythm and blues vocalist known as Smiley Lewis
and be best known for his song, "I Hear You Knockin'."
He will join the ancestors on October 7, 1966 in New Orleans,
Louisiana, after succumbing to stomach cancer.
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 racially motivated disturbances in Omaha,
Nebraska will result in the mobilization 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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