* Today in Black History - September 28 *
1785 - David Walker, who will become an abolitionist and write the
famous "Walker's Appeal," is born free in Wilmington, North
Carolina.
1829 - "Walker's Appeal (To the Coloured Citizens of the World)," a
racial antislavery pamphlet, is published in Boston,
Massachusetts, by David Walker.
1833 - Lemuel Haynes, Revolutionary War veteran and first African
American to be ordained by the Congregational Church, joins
the ancestors at the age of 80.
1912 - W.C. Handy's ground-breaking "Memphis Blues" is published in
Memphis, Tennessee. The composition was originally entitled
"Mr. Crump" and was written for the 1909 political campaign
of Edward H. "Boss" Crump.
1938 - Ben E. King is born in North Carolina. He will become a
rhythm and blues singer and will be best known for his song,
"Stand By Me."
1941 - Charley Taylor is born. He will become a NFL wide
receiver/running back with the Washington Redskins.
1945 - Todd Duncan debuts with the New York City Opera as Tonio in
Il Pagliacci. He is the first African American to sing a
leading role with a major American company, almost ten years
before Marian Anderson sings with the Metropolitan Opera.
1961 - Ossie Davis's "Purlie Victorious" opens on Broadway. The play
stars Davis, Ruby Dee, Godfrey Cambridge, Alan Alda, and Beah
Richards.
1961 - Atlanta's segregated restaurants and other public facilities
are peacefully integrated, part of a plan adopted by city
officials earlier in the year.
1967 - Walter Washington takes office as the first mayor of the
District of Columbia.
1972 - The Secretary of the Army repeals the dishonorable discharges
of 167 soldiers involved in the Brownsville (Texas) Raid.
The soldiers, members of the 25th Infantry who were involved
in a riot with the city's police and merchants, were
dishonorably discharged by President Theodore Roosevelt
without a trial.
1976 - Muhammad Ali retains the heavyweight boxing championship in a
close 15-round decision over Ken Norton at Yankee Stadium.
1979 - Larry Holmes retains the heavyweight boxing championship by
knocking out Ernie Shavers in 11 rounds.
1981 - Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, is sentenced to life in
prison for killing 2 African American joggers in Salt Lake
City, Utah.
1987 - The National Museum of African Art, now a part of the
Smithsonian Institution, opens on the National Mall in
Washington, DC. Founded by Warren M. Robbins in 1964 as a
private educational institution, it is the only museum in
the United States devoted exclusively to the collection,
study, and exhibition of the art of sub-Saharan
Africa.
1990 - Marvin Gaye gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
1991 - Miles Davis, jazz musician, joins the ancestors at the age of
65 from pneumonia.
2003 - Althea Gibson, pioneering tennis player, joins the ancestors
at the age of 76 after succumbing to respiratory failure.
She was the first African American woman to win the Wimbledon
championship and was also a professional golfer.
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