* Today in Black History - August 16 *
1890 - Alexander Clark, journalist and lawyer, is named minister
to Liberia.
1922 - Author and journalist, Louis Lomax is born.
1938 - Revolutionary blues singer Robert L. Johnson joins the
ancestors after a mysterious death in Greenwood,
Mississippi. A revival of interest in his music will
occur in the 1990's when a boxed set of 41 of his
recordings is issued to critical and popular acclaim.
1952 - Reginald VelJohnson is born. He will become an actor
and will be best known for his role as Carl Winslow in
the TV series "Family Matters" and his role as a
policeman in the movie "Die Hard."
1958 - Angela Bassett is born. She will become an actress/singer
and will star in the movies "Malcolm X," "What's Love Got
to Do With It," "Waiting To Exhale," and "How Stella Got
Her Groove Back."
1961 - Christian Okoye is born in Nigeria. He will become a
professional football player with the Kansas City Chiefs,
as a running back. He will amass 4,897 yards from
1987-1992. He will be UP's AFL offensive player of the
year in 1989.
1963 - Independence is restored to the Dominican Republic.
1970 - Activist Angela Davis is named in a federal warrant
issued in connection with George Jackson's attempted
escape from San Quentin prison.
1972 - A Methodist clergyman of African descent from Dominica,
West Indies, Rev. Philip A. Potter, 51, is named General
Secretary of the World Council of Churches. Serving
until 1984, Potter will give strong spiritual guidance
to the work of the WCC.
1987 - Charles Wesley joins the ancestors in Washington, DC at
the age of 95. Noted historian and African American
college president, he authored over a dozen books on
African American life, including "The Negro in the
Americas," "The Quest for Equality," "Negro Labor in the
U.S. 1850-1925," "Richard Allen, Apostle of Freedom,"
and "The History of the National Association of Colored
Women's Clubs, published when he was 92 years old.
1988 - Jailed Black South African nationalist Nelson Mandela,
is stricken with tuberculosis.
2003 - Idi Amin, former Ugandan dictator, joins the ancestors
in Saudi Arabia, at the age of 80 after succumbing to
multiple organ failure.
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