* Today in Black History - August 5 *
1763 - William Richmond is born free on Staten Island, New York.
One of the first African Americans to attempt winning a
title in any sport, Richmond will travel to England to
fight, among others, boxing champion Tom Cribb in a
losing effort.
1864 - John Lawson, an African American gunner on the flagship of
Admiral David Farragut, exhibits marked courage in the
Battle of Mobile Bay and wins the Congressional Medal of
Honor.
1865 - President Andrew Johnson moves to reverse the policy of
distributing abandoned land to freedmen.
1892 - Harriet Tubman receives a pension from Congress for her
work as a nurse, spy, and scout during the Civil War.
She, along with Sojourner Truth, Susie King and almost
200 other African American women, served as nurses during
the war at 11 hospitals in three states.
1900 - James Augustine Healy, the first African American Roman
Catholic bishop, joins the ancestors in Portland, Maine.
He is the brother of Patrick Francis Healy, the first
African American to receive a Ph.D. and first African
American president of a predominantly white university
(Georgetown University).
1936 - Jesse Owens wins his third gold medal by running a 200-
meter race in 20.7 seconds at the Olympic Games held in
Berlin, Germany.
1938 - James Cone, who will become an articulate scholar and
author on black theology, is born in Fordyce, Arkansas.
1938 - Ja'net DuBois, actress on "Good Times'" Willona Woods, and
"Beverly Hills 90210's" Arlene, is born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
1962 - Nelson Mandela is charged with incitement and illegally
leaving South Africa.
1962 - Patrick Aloysius Ewing is born in Kingston, Jamaica. He
will star in cricket and soccer. He will be 13 years old
when he arrives in the United States with his family,
settling in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he will learn
to play basketball at Cambridge Rindge and Latin, a public
high school. He will attend Georgetown University in
Washington, DC. In the 1984 season, he and Georgetown will
win the NCAA title with an 84-75 win over the University of
Houston. He will be one of the best college basketball
players of his era, as Georgetown will reach the
championship game of the NCAA tournament three out of four
years. He will be a first team All-American in 1983, 1984,
and 1985. Although injuries will mar his first year in the
NBA, he will be named NBA Rookie of the Year, averaging 20
points, 9 rebounds, and 2 blocks per game. Soon after he
will be considered one of the premier centers in the
league. He will enjoy a successful career, eleven times
named a NBA All-Star, an All-NBA First Team selection once,
a member of the All-NBA Second Team six times and the NBA
All-Defensive Second Team three times. He will be a member
of the original Dream Team at the 1992 Olympic Games,
winning a second gold medal. In 1996, he will also be given
the honor of being named one of the 50 greatest players in
NBA history. While he will enjoy a stellar career in the
NBA, he will never win a title as a professional.
1966 - Martin Luther King, Jr. is stoned by hecklers during a
Chicago, Illinois civil rights march.
1968 - Senator Edward Brooke is named the temporary chairman of
the Republican National Convention in Miami, Florida.
1984 - Track and field stars Evelyn Ashford and Edwin Moses win
Gold medals in the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles,
California.
1992 - Federal civil rights charges are filed against four Los
Angeles police officers acquitted of state charges in the
videotaped beating of Rodney King. Two of the officers
will be convicted later of federal charges of violating
King's civil rights.
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