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*                Today in Black History - January 22                *

1801 - Haitian liberator, Toussaint L'Ouverture, enters Santiago to 
	battle the French Armed Forces.

1891 - The "Lodge Bill," which called for federal supervision of U.S.
	elections, is abandoned in the Senate after a Southern 
	filibuster.

1906 - Twenty-eight-year-old Meta Vaux Warrick's sculpture "Portraits
	from Mirrors" is exhibited at the 101st Annual Exhibition of
	the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia,
	Pennsylvania.  Although it is one of the first major showings 
	of her work, the young Warrick (later Fuller) has already 
	studied sculpture with the legendary Auguste Rodin and had 
	her work exhibited in Paris at S. Bing's Gallery Nouveau.

1920 - William Caesar Warfield is born in West Helena, Arkansas, the 
	eldest of five sons.  He will become a singer and have his 
	recital debut in New York's famous Town Hall on March 19, 
	1950, putting him into the front ranks of concert artists 
	overnight. His career will span almost fifty years and among 
	his frequent appearances in foreign countries, this artist 
	has made six separate tours for the U.S. Department of State, 
	more than any other American solo artist.   He will receive 
	a Grammy in the "Spoken Word" category (1984) for his 
	outstanding narration of Aaron Copeland's "A Lincoln Portrait"
	accompanied by the Eastman Philharmonic Orchestra.  He is 
	best known for his role in "Showboat." He will join the 
	ancestors on August 26, 2002.

1924 - James Louis (J.J.) Johnson is born in Indianapolis, Indiana.  
	He will become one of the greatest trombonists and
             composers in jazz.  He will be originally influenced by Fred 
             Beckett of Harlan Leonard's band.  Soon thereafter, he will 
             join Benny Carter.  He will play with Count Basie (1945-1946) 
             and record his first solo improvisation.  During the 1954-1956 
             period, J.J. Johnson will take a brief break from bands and 
             team up with Kai Winding for a commercially successful 
             trombone duo.  He will prefer the use of pure tones when 
             playing the trombone, focusing on line, interval and accent.  
             His solos will show virtuosity because of their remarkable 
             mobility, which many artists find difficult to duplicate or 
             imitate.  These endeavors will be fruitless in the early 1950s 
             and for a couple of years he will work as a blueprint 
             inspector.  In the 1970s, Johnson will move from New Jersey 
             to California, concentrating exclusively on film and television 
             scoring.  In 1984, Johnson will reenter the jazz scene with a 
             tour of the "European Festival Circuit."  He will join the 
             ancestors in 1991 from complications from a stroke.

1931 - Samuel "Sam" Cooke is born in Clarksdale, Mississippi.  He will
	grow up in Chicago, Illinois, after moving there with his 
	family in 1933. He will become a singer and be best known for 
	his recordings "You Send Me" and "Twisting the Night Away." 
	Cooke will be one of the most popular singers of the 1960's. 
	He will join the ancestors on December 11, 1964.  He will be 
	inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 23, 
	1986.

1960 - Sugar Ray Robinson loses the Middleweight Boxing 
             Championship to Paul Pender in a 15-round decision.
 
1961 - Wilma Rudolph, the 1960 Olympic gold medalist and track star,
	sets a world indoor mark in the women's 60-yard dash, with a 
	speedy 6.9 seconds in a meet held in Los Angeles, California.

1962 - Baseball Writers elect Jackie Robinson into the Baseball Hall 
	of Fame.

1973 - George Foreman takes the heavyweight boxing title away from 
	'Smokin' Joe Frazier in Kingston, Jamaica in the second round.
	Foreman will knock 'Smokin' Joe down six times on his way to
	victory.

1981 - Samuel Pierce is named Secretary of Housing and Urban 
	Development (HUD).  One of the few African Americans in the 
	Reagan administration, there will be high expectations for 
	his potential to effect change, but Pierce's leadership will 
	be severely questioned as scandal rocks his department in 
	1989. An estimated $ 2 billion will be lost due to fraud and 
	mismanagement during Pierce's tenure.

1988 - Heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson knocks out former 
	champion Larry Holmes in 4 rounds.

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