* Today in Black History - March 19 *
1867 - Congressman Thaddeus Stevens calls up resolution providing for
the enforcement of the Second Confiscation Act of July, 1962.
The measure, which provides for the distribution of public and
confiscated land to the freedmen, is defeated.
1870 - "O Guarani," the most celebrated opera by Afro-Brazilian composer
Antonio Carlos Gomes, premiers at the Scala Theater in Milan.
His enormous musical talent opened the doors of the Milan
Conservatory where he studied under the guidance of the greatest
opera directors of the time. Among other operas, Gomes produces
"Fosca," "Condor," and "O Escravo" (The Slave).
1872 - T.J. Boyd, inventor, awarded patent for apparatus for detaching
horses from carriages.
1937 - The Count Basie Orchestra, with vocalists Billie Holiday and
Jimmy Rushing, opens at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem.
1939 - The New Negro Theater is founded in Los Angeles, California, by
Langston Hughes. The company stages as its first performance
Hughes's play, "Don't You Want to be Free?"
1952 - Sergeant Cornelius H. Charlton is posthumously awarded the
Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery during the Korean War.
He joins the ancestors after being killed in action on June 2,
1951.
1967 - French Somaliland (Djibouti) votes to continue association with
France.
1968 - Students take over the Administration Building at Howard
University demanding resignation of university officials and a
stronger orientation to black culture in the curriculum. It
is the first of many college protests over black studies
programs on African American and white college campuses across
the nation.
1995 - Twenty one months after retiring from basketball, Michael Jordan
returns to professional basketball with his former team, the
Chicago Bulls.
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