* Today in Black History - September 2 *
1766 - Abolitionist, inventor, and entrepreneur, James Forten
is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1833 - Oberlin College, one of the first colleges to admit
African Americans, is founded in Oberlin, Ohio.
1864 - In series of battles around Chaffin's Farm in the suburbs
of Richmond, Virginia, African American troops capture
entrenchments at New Market Heights, make a gallant but
unsuccessful assault on Fort Gilmer and help repulse a
Confederate counterattack on Fort Harrison. The Thirty-
Ninth U.S. Colored Troops will win a Congressional Medal
of Honor in the engagements.
1902 - "In Dahomey" premieres at the Old Globe Theater in Boston,
Massachusetts. With music by Will Marion Cook and lyrics
by poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, it is the most successful
musical of its day.
1911 - Romare Bearden is born in Charlotte, North Carolina. His
family will move to the village of Harlem in New York City
in 1914. He will call New York his home for the rest of
his life. A student at New York University, the American
Artists School, Columbia University, and the Sorbonne,
Bearden's depiction of the rituals and social customs of
African American life will be imbued with an eloquence and
power that will earn him accolades as one of the finest
artists of the 20th century and a master of collage.
Among his honors will be election to the American Academy
of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and
Letters, and receiving the President's National Medal of
Arts in 1987. He will join the ancestors in 1988.
1928 - Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver is born in Norwalk,
Connecticut. He will become a jazz pianist, bandleader,
and composer who will initially lead the Jazz Messengers
with drummer Art Blakey before forming his own band in
1956. A pioneer of the hard bop style, he will attract to
his band the talents of Art Farmer, Donald Byrd, and Blue
Mitchell, among others.
1945 - The end of World War II (V-J Day). A total of 1,154,720
African Americans have been inducted or drafted into the
armed forces. Official records list 7,768 African American
commissioned officers on August 31, 1945. At the height
of the conflict, 3,902 African American women (115
officers) were enrolled in the Women's Army Auxiliary
Corps (WACS) and 68 were in the Navy auxiliary, the WAVES.
The highest ranking African American women were Major
Harriet M. West and Major Charity E. Adams. Distinguished
Unit Citations were awarded to the 969th Field Artillery
Battalion, the 614th Tank Destroyer Battalion, and the
332nd Fighter Group (Tuskegee Airmen).
1956 - The Tennessee National Guard is sent to Clinton, Tennessee,
to quell white mobs demonstrating against school
integration.
1960 - Eric Dickerson is born in Sealy, Texas. He will become a
professional football player and will become NFC Rookie of
the Year in 1983. He will also set a NFL single-season
rushing record of 2,105 yards in 1984. He will become the
seventh back to gain more than 10,000 yards and the
fastest ever to do so, reaching the milestone in just 91
games. During his 11-year career, he will gain 13,259 yards
rushing, which will be second all-time at the time of his
retirement, and will rush for 90 touchdowns. He will gain
another 2,137 yards and 6 touchdowns on 281 pass receptions.
A six-time Pro Bowl selection, he will be All-Pro in 1983,
1984, 1986, 1987 and 1988. In 1999, he will be elected to
the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The following year, he will
provide on-field commentary during Monday Night Football
broadcasts.
1963 - Alabama Governor George Wallace blocks the integration of
Tuskegee High School in Tuskegee, Alabama.
1965 - Lennox Claudius Lewis is born in West Ham, London, England.
He will become a professional boxer, who will represent
Canada in the Olympics and fight under the British flag as
a professional. He will be an undisputed heavyweight
champion. Along with Muhammad Ali and Evander Holyfield,
he will be one of three boxers in heavyweight history to
have won the Heavyweight Championship on three separate
occasions. Lewis will be 6 ft 5 in or 196 cm tall and sport
a phenomenal 84 inch reach, much longer than average for
his height. During his boxing prime he will weigh 247 lbs.,
which is 112 kg. Lewis will often refer to himself as "the
pugilist specialist".
1966 - Frank Robinson is named Most Valuable Player of the American
League.
1971 - Cheryl White becomes the first African American woman jockey
to win a sanctioned horse race.
1975 - Joseph W. Hatchett sworn in as first African American state
supreme court justice in the South (Florida) in the
twentieth century.
1978 - Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 home runs in 11
straight years.
1989 - Rev. Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through the
Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York.
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