* Today in Black History - May 16 *
1792 - Denmark abolishes the importation of slaves.
1857 - Juan Morel Campos is born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He will
become a musician and composer who will be one of the first
to integrate Afro-Caribbean styles and folk rhythms into the
classical European musical model. He will be considered the
father of the "danza."
1917 - Harry T. Burleigh, composer, pianist, and singer, is awarded the
NAACP's Spingarn Medal for excellence in the field of creative
music.
1929 - John Conyers, Jr. is born in Detroit, Michigan. He will be
elected to the House of Representatives from Michigan's 1st
District in 1964, where he will advocate home rule and
Congressional representation for the District of Columbia. He
will be the principal sponsor of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and
the 1983 Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday bill, as well as a
founder of the Congressional Black Caucus.
1930 - Lillie Mae Jones is born in Flint, Michigan. She will become an
uncompromising jazz singer using the stage name, Betty Carter,
who will earn the nickname "Betty Bebop" for her bop
improvisational style. She will tour with Lionel Hampton and
Miles Davis during her career. In 1997, she will receive the
National Medal of Arts award from President Bill Clinton. She
will join the ancestors on September 26, 1998.
1966 - Stokely Carmichael (later named Kwame Ture) is elected chairman
of SNCC, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a group
formed during the Freedom Marches and dedicated to voter
registration in the South.
1966 - Janet Damita Jackson is born in Gary, Indiana. Sister of the
famous Jacksons of the Jackson 5 singing group, she will have
her own successful career, first in acting ("Good Times,"
"Diff'rent Strokes," and "Fame"), then as a solo recording
artist. Her albums "Control" and "Rhythm Nation 1814" will earn
her five American Music Awards and a Grammy award.
1966 - The National Welfare Rights Organization is organized.
1977 - Modibo Keita joins the ancestors in Bamako, Mali. He been the
first president of Mali, from 1960 to 1968.
1979 - Asa Philip Randolph, labor leader and civil rights pioneer, joins
the ancestors in New York at the age of 90.
1985 - Michael Jordan is named Rookie of the Year in the National
Basketball Association. Jordan, of the Chicago Bulls, was the
number three draft choice. At the time, Michael was third in the
league scoring a 28.2 average and fourth in steals with 2.39 per
game.
1990 - Sammy Davis Jr., actor, dancer, singer and world class entertainer,
joins the ancestors in Beverly Hills, California at the age of 64
from throat cancer. Davis, born in Harlem, was a member of the
Hollywood "Rat Pack." He also had starring roles in a host of
Broadway musicals and motion pictures and had been an entertainer
for over sixty years.
1997 - In Zaire, President Mobutu Sese Seko ends 32 years of autocratic
rule, ceding control of the country to rebel forces.
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