* Today in Black History - January 10 *
1768 - James Varick is born in Orange County, New York. Racism in New
York City will lead Varick, a licensed clergyman, and 30 other
African Americans to leave the famous and predominantly white
John Street Methodist Episcopal Church and establish the first
African American church in New York City. He will later become
the founder and first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal
Zion Church.
1811 - African Americans in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania hold meetings at
Bethel Church to protest The American Colonization Society's
campaign "to exile us from the land of our nativity."
1811 - Slaves in Louisiana rebel in two parishes about thirty-five
miles from New Orleans. The revolt is suppressed by U.S.
troops.
1870 - The legislature in the state of Georgia reconvenes and admits
African American representatives and senators.
1889 - The Ivory Coast is declared a protectorate of France.
1925 - Drummer Max Roach is born in New Land, North Carolina. He will
become an influential figure in the development of modern jazz,
playing with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Clifford Brown
before forming his own groups in the 1950's. He will achieve
wide acclaim for his superb musical innovation. He also will be
an educator, teaching at Lennox, Massachusetts School of Jazz,
Yale University, and Professor of Music at the University of
Massachusetts (Amherst).
1938 - Willie McCovey is born in Mobile, Alabama. He will become a
professional baseball player in 1959. In more than two decades
later, Willie will end his career, and garner an impressive
array of baseball's most coveted awards: Rookie of the Year in
1959; MVP in 1969; six times an All-Star and once the All-Star
Game MVP; Comeback Player of the Year in 1977 and the National
League's all-time left-handed home run hitter.
1949 - George Foreman is born in Marshall, Texas. He will become a
professional boxer and win the world heavyweight championship
in 1973. He will retire from boxing in 1977 after a defeat by
Jimmy Young. He will enter the ministry and stay away from
boxing for ten years. He will return to boxing in 1987 at the
age of 37 and become the oldest heavyweight champion at age 45
on November 5, 1994.
1966 - The Georgia House of Representatives refuses to seat African
American legislator Julian Bond, SNCC communications director,
because of his opposition to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam
War. He will be seated almost one year later, after a legal
battle that will eventually be resolved by the U.S. Supreme
Court.
1967 - Edward Brooke, takes his seat as the first popularly elected
African American United States Senator.
1976 - Chester Arthur Burnett, better known as "Howlin' Wolf," joins
the ancestors in Hines, Illinois. He was a blues legend that
helped to bring the Delta Blues music from Mississippi to
Chicago during the 1950's. This music was the basis for the
Chicago blues sound.
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