*                Today in Black History - January 11                 *

 

1870 - The first reconstruction legislature meets in Jackson, 

            Mississippi. Thirty one of the 106 representatives and five of 

            the 33 senators are African American.

 

1892 - William D. McCoy, of Indiana, is appointed United States 

            Minister to Liberia.

 

1902 - Acknowledging the increasing attention African American athletes

            receive, the Baltimore "Afro-American" states, "Mr. [Joe] Gans

            gets more space in the white papers than all the respectable

            colored people in the state."  Gans is the world lightweight

            boxing champion and first native African American world title

            holder. 

 

1924 - James Moore is born in Lobdell, Louisiana (outside of Baton 

            Rouge).  During the 1940's Moore will teach himself how to play 

            the harmonica and begin working jukes, clubs, parties, and 

            picnics in Louisiana.  Moore will work professionally with 

            Lightnin' Slim and will be known as "Slim Harpo."  Harpo will 

            be a big influence on British blues-rockers of the mid-Sixties.

 

1936 - Charles W. Anderson enters the Kentucky House of Representatives

            as its first elected African American member.  He will serve 

            for six consecutive terms and will help to dismantle legal 

            segregation in his state, when his bill allowing African 

            American and white nurses to go to the same school is passed in 

            1948.

 

1947 - Evangelina Rodriguez joins the ancestors in San Pedro de Macoris,

            Dominican Republic.  She had been the first woman to graduate

            from medical school in the Dominican Republic, becoming the 

            first woman physician to practice in that country.

 

1957 - Darryl Dawkins is born in Orlando, Florida.  He will become one 

            of only five players to enter the NBA right out of high school 

            and survive.  He will go on to play for fourteen seasons as a 

            center for the New Jersey Nets and Philadelphia 76'ers.

 

1960 - Chad declares its independence from France.

 

1961 - Racially motivated disturbance erupts on the University of 

            Georgia campus as a result of civil rights demonstrations by 

            African American students. African American students Charlayne 

            Hunter and Hamilton Holmes are suspended but will be reinstated 

            by a federal court order. Hunter-Gault will become an Emmy 

            award-winning journalist with "The MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour."

 

1962 - Nelson Mandela leaves South Africa, traveling to Ethiopia, 

            Algeria, and England to speak out against apartheid in South

            Africa.

 

1985 - Reuben V. Anderson is appointed as judge on the Mississippi

            Supreme Court.  Anderson is the first African American named to

            the court.

 

1986 - L. Douglas Wilder, of Virginia, is sworn in as the first African

            American Lt. Governor since reconstruction.


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