*		Today in Black History - August 8              *

1796 - Boston African Society is established with 44 charter 
	members.

1805 - The First African Baptist Church is organized in Boston, 
	Massachusetts, under the leadership of Thomas Paul. It 
	will be the first congregation to worship at the 
	African Meeting House, which will be established on 
	December 6, 1806 (It is the oldest church building in 
	the United States built for and by African Americans).

1843 - Natal (in South Africa) is made a British colony.

1866 - Matthew A. Henson, explorer and first person to reach the 
	North Pole, is born in Charles County, Maryland. 

1907 - Saxophonist Bennett Lester "Benny" Carter is born in New 
	York City. He will play initially at age 23 and form his 
	own big band in 1940. Carter will either play with, 
	conduct or write arrangements for Dizzy Gillespie, Duke 
	Ellington, Quincy Jones, and many others. 

1923 - Jimmy Witherspoon is born in Gordon, Arkansas.  He will 
	become a bluesman and will record dozens of albums best 
	known for songs such as "Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do,"
	"Some Of My Best Friends Are the Blues" and "Blue Spoon."

1933 - "Joe Tex" Arrington, Jr. is born.  He will become a 
	singer/songwriter. He will be known for his recordings of 
	"I Gotcha", "Hold What You've Got", "Skinny Legs and All", 
	"Ain't Gonna Bump No More", and "With No Big Fat Woman."

1934 - Julian Dixon is born in Washington, D.C. He will be elected
	to Congress representing California's 28th District in 
	1978. 

1953 - "Sweet" Lou Dunbar is born.  He will become a professional 
	basketball player with the Harlem Globetrotters.

1960 - Ivory Coast declares independence from France.

1968 - A racially motivated disturbance breaks out in Miami, 
	Florida.
 
1974 - Roberta Flack receives a gold record for the single, "Feel 
	Like Makin' Love".   Flack, born in Asheville, North 
	Carolina and raised in Arlington, Virginia, had been 
	awarded a music scholarship to Howard University in 
	Washington, D.C., at the age of 15.  One of her 
	classmates became a singing partner on several hit songs. 
	Donny Hathaway joined Flack on "You've Got a Friend", 
	"Where is the Love" and "The Closer I Get to You". She will
	have 10 hits on the pop charts in the 1970s and '80s. 

1975 - Julian "Cannonball" Adderley joins the ancestors at the age 
	of 47 in Gary, Indiana.

1984 - Carl Lewis wins the 3rd (200 meter sprint) of 4 gold medals 
	at the Los Angeles Summer Olympics.

2005 - Publisher John H. Johnson, whose Ebony and Jet magazines 
	countered stereotypical coverage of African Americans 
	after World War II and turned him into one of the most 
	influential African American leaders in America, joins the
	ancestors at the age of 87.

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