* Today in Black History - October 17 *
1711 - Jupiter Hammon, the first American American to publish poetry
(Complete Works), is born.
1787 - Boston African Americans, led by Prince Hall, submit to the
State Legislature in Boston, Massachusetts, a petition asking
for equal educational rights and facilities. The petition is
not granted.
1806 - Jean Jacques Dessalines, revolutionist and Emperor of Haiti,
is assassinated.
1817 - Samuel Ringgold Ward is born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
He will be considered one of the finest abolitionist orators.
1871 - President Grant suspends the writ of habeas corpus and declares
martial law in nine South Carolina counties affected by Ku
Klux Klan disturbances.
1888 - The first African American bank, Capital Savings Bank of
Washington, DC, opens for business.
1894 - Ohio National Guard kills 3 members of a lynch mob while
rescuing an African American man.
1928 - James "Junior" Gilliam, Brooklyn Dodgers (NL Rookie of the Year
in 1953), is born.
1956 - Dr. Mae C. Jemison is born in Decatur, Alabama. She will grow
up in Chicago, become a physician, serve in the Peace Corps in
Africa, and practice medicine in Los Angeles, before being
selected for the astronaut training program in 1987.
1969 - Dr. Clifton R. Wharton Jr., is elected president of Michigan
State University and becomes the first African American to
head a major, predominantly white university in the twentieth
century.
1985 - Legendary jazz and blues singer Alberta Hunter dies in New York
City. She achieved fame in Chicago jazz clubs in the 1920's,
toured Europe in the 1930's and, after over 20 years of
anonymity as a nurse, returned to performing in 1977.
1990 - Dr. Ralph Abernathy, civil rights leader, dies.
1991 - The 100th episode of "A Different World" airs on NBC. The
acclaimed show, a spin-off of "The Cosby Show" that stars
Jasmine Guy, Kadeem Hardison, and an ensemble of young African
American actors, is directed by Debbie Allen.
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