* Today in Black History - September 19 *
1865 - Atlanta University is founded.
1868 - White Democrats attack demonstrators, who are marching
from Albany to Camilla, Georgia, and kill nine African
Americans. Several whites are wounded.
1931 - Benjamin Franklin Peay is born in Camden, South Carolina.
He will become a rhythm and blues singer better known as
Brook Benton. He will amass 16 gold records and be best
known for the songs "A Rainy Night in Georgia" and "It's
Just a Matter of Time." He will join the ancestors on
April 9, 1988.
1942 - Freda Charcelia Payne is born in Detroit, Michigan. She
will become a singer whose hits will include "Band of
Gold" in 1970. She will also be an actress in musicals
and film, as well as the host of a TV talk show, 'Today's
Black Woman.' In 1974, she will make the cover of Jet
magazine, after she is made a Dame of Malta by the
Knights of Malta. She is the older sister of former
Supreme Scherrie Payne.
1947 - Lawrence "Larry" Brown, Jr. is born in Clairton, Pennsylvania.
He will become a Washington Redskins' running back and
the third NFL player to rush over 4,000 yards in his
first four professional seasons. He will play for the
Washington Redskins for his entire NFL career. He will
finish in the top five of the league for rushes five times,
rushing yards three times, yards from scrimmage three times
and total touchdowns twice. He will be the first Redskins
running back to gain more than 1,000 yards in a single
season. He will achieve that feat twice in a career that will
run from 1969 to 1976. In an eight-year career, he will be
selected to play in the Pro Bowl in 1969, 1970, 1971, and
1972. He will be voted one of the 70 Greatest Redskins of All
Time. He will be selected as the Washington, DC Touchdown
Club Player of the Year in 1972. He will carry the ball 1,530
times in his career gaining 5,875 yards. His best seasons will
be in 1972 when he gains 1,216 yards and in 1970 when he gains
1,125 yards. He will rush for 100 yards or more 21 times and
rush for 100 yards or more in six games in 1970 and six games
in 1972. He will also score four rushing touchdowns in one
game against the Philadelphia Eagles on December 16, 1973. On
October 29, 1972, he ran for 190 yards in a game against the
New York Giants. He will write an autobiography entitled "I'll
Always Get Up". His career will be cut short due to numerous
injuries. His jersey number, 43, while not officially retired,
has not been issued to any other Redskins player since his
retirement.
1956 - The first international conference of Black Writers &
Artists meets at the Sorbonne, in Paris, France.
1965 - Debbye Turner (later Bell) is born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She will
become Miss America in 1990, becoming the third African
American woman to wear the crown. She will earn a Bachelor of
Science in Agriculture degree from Arkansas State University,
and attend the University of Missouri. She will also spend a
couple of years honing her public service skills working for
Safeway Stores. In 1991, she will receive her Doctor of
Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of Missouri
College of Veterinary Medicine. She will become a spokesperson
for Purina and pursue a career in veterinary medicine before
going into television. Her first hosting job will come at St.
Louis' NBC affiliate KSDK, on a show called 'Show Me St. Louis'
in 1995. Six years later, she will join CBS News as a feature
correspondent then become their "resident veterinarian" and a
fill-in anchor. She will also be a fill-in anchor on the CBS
Morning News. She will leave CBS in 2012. She's currently the
host of Arise America, on Arise News.
1981 - More than 300,000 demonstrators from labor and civil
rights organizations protest the social policies of the
Reagan administration in a Solidarity Day March in
Washington, DC.
1989 - Gordon Parks' film "The Learning Tree" is selected among
the first films to be registered by the National Film
Registry of the Library of Congress. The National Film
Registry was formed by an act of Congress the previous
year to recognize films that are "culturally,
historically, or aesthetically significant." Parks'
1969 movie joins other classic films such as
"Casablanca," "Gone With the Wind," and "The Wizard of
Oz."
1989 - The first issue of Emerge magazine goes on sale. Emerge,
founded by Wilmer C. Ames, Jr., covers domestic and
international news and issues from an African American
perspective.
1994 - U.S. troops peacefully enter Haiti to enforce the return
of exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
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