* Today in Black History - September 11 *
1740 - An issue of the Pennsylvania Gazette reports on a Negro named Simon
who reportedly can "bleed and draw teeth." It is the first mention
of an African American doctor or dentist in the American Colonies.
1885 - Moses A. Hopkins, minister and educator, is named minister to
Liberia.
1923 - Charles Evers is born in Decatur, Mississippi. He will become
a civil rights worker who will assume the post of field director
of the Mississippi NAACP after his brother, Medgar, is assassinated
in 1963. He will be elected mayor of Fayette, Mississippi, in 1969.
1943 - Lola Falana is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She will become
a dancer, most notably in Broadway's "Golden Boy", and be a successful
performer on television and in Las Vegas, where she will be called
"The First Lady of Las Vegas."
1953 - J. H. Jackson, pastor of Olivet Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois, is
elected president of the National Baptist Convention at its Miami
meeting.
1956 - Cincinnati Red's Frank Robinson ties the rookie record with his 38th
home run.
1959 - Duke Ellington receives the NAACP's Spingarn Medal for his
outstanding
musical achievements and contributions to the field of music.
1962 - Two youths involved in a voter registration drive in Mississippi are
wounded by shotgun blasts fired through the window of a home in
Ruleville. A spokesperson for SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee) asks the president to "convene a special White House
Conference to discuss means of stopping the wave of terror sweeping
through the South, especially where SNCC is working on voter
registration."
1977 - Quincy Jones wins an Emmy for outstanding achievement in musical
composition for the miniseries "Roots". It is one of nine Emmys for
the series, an unprecedented number.
1999 - Serena Williams wins the U.S. Open women's title, beating top-seeded
Martina Hingis, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4).
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