* Today in Black History - October 26 *
1868 - White terrorists kill several African Americans in St.
Bernard Parish, near New Orleans, Louisiana.
1868 - B.F. Randolph, state senator and chairman of the state
Republican party, is assassinated in broad daylight at
Hodges Depot in Abbeville, South Carolina.
1911 - Mahalia Jackson is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Known
as the "Gospel Queen," Jackson will become instrumental
in the popularization of gospel music and songs.
Jackson's traditional gospel audiences transcended
beyond African American churchgoers through her
recordings, radio performances and concert tours in
America and abroad. Her recordings will sell millions of
copies. She will join the ancestors on January 27, 1972.
1919 - Edward William Brooke III is born in Washington, DC.
After serving in World War II and obtaining a law degree
from Boston University, he will be elected attorney
general of the State of Massachusetts and serve a term
of four years before being elected to the United States
Senate as a Republican in 1966, the first African
American Senator elected since Reconstruction. In the
Senate, Brooke will oppose President Nixon's policies in
Southeast Asia, advocate low-income housing, and oppose
quotas to meet affirmative action goals. Among his
awards will be the NAACP's Spingarn Medal in 1967.
1921 - Solomon Porter Hood is named minister to Liberia.
1934 - At a New York City conference, representatives of the
NAACP and the American Fund for Public Service plan a
coordinated legal campaign against segregation and
discrimination. Charles H. Houston, Vice-dean of the
Howard University Law School, is named director of the
NAACP legal campaign.
1950 - Walter E. "Chuck" Foreman is born in Frederick, Maryland.
He will become a star running back for the Minnesota
Vikings. He will be NFC Rookie of the Year in 1973 and
NFC Player of the Year in 1974 and 1976. He will also
play in losing efforts in Super Bowls VIII, IX, and XI.
1951 - William Collins is born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He will
become a rhythm and blues performer and bandleader known
as "Bootsy" Collins. He will form his first group, the
Pacesetters, in 1968. From 1969 to 1971, the group will
function as James Brown's backup band and will be dubbed
the JB's. In 1972, Bootsy will join George Clinton's
Parliament/Funkadelic. He will launch Bootsy's Rubber
Band as a spin-off of P-Funk in 1976. He will record
with Warner Brothers from 1976 through 1982. After a
six year hiatus, he will sign with Columbia Records in
1988 and actively record into the 1990s.
1951 - Joe Louis is defeated by Rocky Marciano in the eighth
round in a bout at Madison Square Garden.
1962 - Louise Beavers, who starred in more than 100 films,
including "Imitation of Life", "The Jackie Robinson
Story", and "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House",
joins the ancestors in Los Angeles, California.
1970 - Following 3 1/2 years of forced isolation from boxing,
Muhammad Ali returns to the ring and beats Jerry Quarry
in Atlanta, Georgia.
1976 - Trinidad & Tobago becomes a republic.
1977 - Dr. Clifford R. Wharton Jr. is named chancellor of the
State University of New York.
1980 - Ten African American Roman Catholic bishops issue a
pastoral letter asserting that "the Church must seize
the initiative to 'share the gift of our blackness with
the Church in the United States.'"
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