* Today in Black History - September 2 *
1766 - James Forten is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He will
become an abolitionist and wealthy businessman in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Born free in the city, he will become a sailmaker
after the American Revolutionary War. Following an
apprenticeship, he will become the foreman and buy the sail
loft when his boss retires. Based on equipment he himself had
developed, he will establish a highly profitable business. It
will be located on the busy waterfront of the Delaware River, in
* an area now called Penn's Landing. By developing a tool to help
maneuver the large sails, by 1810, he had one of the most
successful sail lofts in Philadelphia. He will create the
conditions he worked for in society, employing both black and
white workers. Because of his business acumen, he will become one
of the wealthiest Philadelphians in the city, black or white. He
will use his wealth and social standing to work for civil rights
for African Americans in both the city and nationwide. Beginning
in 1817, he will oppose the colonization movements, particularly
that of the American Colonization Society. He will affirm Americans'
claim to a stake in the United States of America. He will persuade
William Lloyd Garrison to adopt an anti-colonization position and
help fund his newspaper, "The Liberator" (1831–65), frequently
publishing letters on public issues as "A Colored Man of
Philadelphia." He will become vice-president of the biracial
American Anti-Slavery Society, founded in 1833, and work for national
abolition of slavery. His large family will also be devoted to these
causes, and two daughters will marry the Purvis brothers, who will
use their wealth as leaders for abolition. He will manage his sail
loft and stay active in the abolitionist movement until very late in
his life, continuing to write for "The Liberator." He will join the
ancestors on March 4, 1842, at the age of 75 in Philadelphia.
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.
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 on March 12, 1988 after succumbing to complications of
bone cancer.
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. He will join the ancestors on June
18, 2014.
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).
1946 - William Everett "Billy" Preston is born in Houston, Texas. He will become a musician,
songwriter and singer. His hits will include "Will It Go Round in Circles", "Nothing
from Nothing", "Outa-Space", "Get Back" (with The Beatles), and "With You I'm Born
Again"(with Syreeta). He also will appear in film: "St. Louis Blues" and play with
Little Richard's Band. He will collaborate with some of the greatest names in the music
industry, including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Little Richard, Ray Charles,
George Harrison, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, King Curtis, Sammy
Davis Jr., Sly Stone, Aretha Franklin, the Jackson 5, Quincy Jones, Richie Sambora,
and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He will play the electric piano on the Get Back sessions
in 1969 and is one of several people sometimes credited as the "Fifth Beatle". He is one
of only two non-Beatles to receive label performance credit on any Beatles record. He
will join the ancestors on June 6, 2006 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
1956 - The Tennessee National Guard is sent to Clinton, Tennessee, to quell white mobs
demonstrating against school integration.
1960 - Eric Demetri Dickerson is born in Sealy, Texas. He will become a professional football
player and will become NFC Rookie of the Year in 1983. In his second season, he will
continue his onslaught on the NFL record book becoming a member of the 2,000-yard club.
Twelve times in 1984, he will gain more than 100 yards rushing, breaking the record of
100-yard games in a season held by O. J. Simpson. His 2,105 total yards rushing beat
Simpson’s 1973 NFL season record of 2,003 yards (Dickerson having reached 2,007 yards
after 15 games), but since the NFL expanded the regular season from 14 to 16 games in
1978, he had the benefit of playing in two additional games. No one has since rushed
for more yards in a single NFL season. His 5.6 yards per carry led the Rams to a playoff
berth in 1984. He will become the seventh running 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 was second all-time at the time
of his retirement, and 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, his first year of eligibility, he will be
selected to become a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Also in 1999, he will be
ranked number 38 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players. The
following year, he will provide on-field commentary during Monday Night Football
broadcasts. On August 29, 2017, he will sign a one-day contract to officially retire as
a member of the Los Angeles Rams.
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 compete from 1989 to 2003. He will be a three-time
world heavyweight champion, a two-time lineal champion, and remain the last
heavyweight to hold the undisputed title. He holds dual British and Canadian
citizenship; as an amateur he will represent Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics,
winning a gold medal in the super-heavyweight division after defeating future
world champion Riddick Bowe in the final. He will win the lineal title by
defeating Shannon Briggs in 1998. Two fights against Evander Holyfield in 1999
(the first of which ended in a controversial draw) will see him become undisputed
heavyweight champion by unifying his WBC title with Holyfield's WBA and IBF titles,
as well as the vacant IBO title. In 2000, the WBA will strip him of their title
when he opts to face Michael Grant instead of mandatory challenger John Ruiz. He
will be knocked out by Hasim Rahman in a 2001 upset, but this defeat will be
avenged later in the year. In 2002, he will defeat Mike Tyson in one of the most
highly anticipated fights in boxing history. Prior to the event, he will be awarded
the Ring magazine heavyweight title, which had been vacant since the late 1980s and
was last held by Tyson. In what will be his final fight, in 2003, he will defeat
Vitali Klitschko in a bloody encounter. He will vacate his remaining titles and
retire from boxing in 2004. He will often refer to himself as "the pugilist specialist".
During his boxing prime he was 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) tall, with an 84 inch (210 cm) reach,
and weigh about 245 lb (111 kg). He will be regarded by many as one of the greatest
heavyweight boxers of all time, and also one of the greatest British fighters of all
time. In 1999 he will be named Fighter of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of
America, and BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
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.* Today in Black History - September 2 *
1766 - James Forten is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He will
become an abolitionist and wealthy businessman in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Born free in the city, he will become a sailmaker
after the American Revolutionary War. Following an
apprenticeship, he will become the foreman and buy the sail
loft when his boss retires. Based on equipment he himself had
developed, he will establish a highly profitable business. It
will be located on the busy waterfront of the Delaware River, in
* an area now called Penn's Landing. By developing a tool to help
maneuver the large sails, by 1810, he had one of the most
successful sail lofts in Philadelphia. He will create the
conditions he worked for in society, employing both black and
white workers. Because of his business acumen, he will become one
of the wealthiest Philadelphians in the city, black or white. He
will use his wealth and social standing to work for civil rights
for African Americans in both the city and nationwide. Beginning
in 1817, he will oppose the colonization movements, particularly
that of the American Colonization Society. He will affirm Americans'
claim to a stake in the United States of America. He will persuade
William Lloyd Garrison to adopt an anti-colonization position and
help fund his newspaper, "The Liberator" (1831–65), frequently
publishing letters on public issues as "A Colored Man of
Philadelphia." He will become vice-president of the biracial
American Anti-Slavery Society, founded in 1833, and work for national
abolition of slavery. His large family will also be devoted to these
causes, and two daughters will marry the Purvis brothers, who will
use their wealth as leaders for abolition. He will manage his sail
loft and stay active in the abolitionist movement until very late in
his life, continuing to write for "The Liberator." He will join the
ancestors on March 4, 1842, at the age of 75 in Philadelphia.
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.
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 on March 12, 1988 after succumbing to complications of
bone cancer.
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. He will join the ancestors on June
18, 2014.
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).
1946 - William Everett "Billy" Preston is born in Houston, Texas. He will become a musician,
songwriter and singer. His hits will include "Will It Go Round in Circles", "Nothing
from Nothing", "Outa-Space", "Get Back" (with The Beatles), and "With You I'm Born
Again"(with Syreeta). He also will appear in film: "St. Louis Blues" and play with
Little Richard's Band. He will collaborate with some of the greatest names in the music
industry, including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Little Richard, Ray Charles,
George Harrison, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, King Curtis, Sammy
Davis Jr., Sly Stone, Aretha Franklin, the Jackson 5, Quincy Jones, Richie Sambora,
and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He will play the electric piano on the Get Back sessions
in 1969 and is one of several people sometimes credited as the "Fifth Beatle". He is one
of only two non-Beatles to receive label performance credit on any Beatles record. He
will join the ancestors on June 6, 2006 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
1956 - The Tennessee National Guard is sent to Clinton, Tennessee, to quell white mobs
demonstrating against school integration.
1960 - Eric Demetri Dickerson is born in Sealy, Texas. He will become a professional football
player and will become NFC Rookie of the Year in 1983. In his second season, he will
continue his onslaught on the NFL record book becoming a member of the 2,000-yard club.
Twelve times in 1984, he will gain more than 100 yards rushing, breaking the record of
100-yard games in a season held by O. J. Simpson. His 2,105 total yards rushing beat
Simpson’s 1973 NFL season record of 2,003 yards (Dickerson having reached 2,007 yards
after 15 games), but since the NFL expanded the regular season from 14 to 16 games in
1978, he had the benefit of playing in two additional games. No one has since rushed
for more yards in a single NFL season. His 5.6 yards per carry led the Rams to a playoff
berth in 1984. He will become the seventh running 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 was second all-time at the time
of his retirement, and 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, his first year of eligibility, he will be
selected to become a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Also in 1999, he will be
ranked number 38 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players. The
following year, he will provide on-field commentary during Monday Night Football
broadcasts. On August 29, 2017, he will sign a one-day contract to officially retire as
a member of the Los Angeles Rams.
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 compete from 1989 to 2003. He will be a three-time
world heavyweight champion, a two-time lineal champion, and remain the last
heavyweight to hold the undisputed title. He holds dual British and Canadian
citizenship; as an amateur he will represent Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics,
winning a gold medal in the super-heavyweight division after defeating future
world champion Riddick Bowe in the final. He will win the lineal title by
defeating Shannon Briggs in 1998. Two fights against Evander Holyfield in 1999
(the first of which ended in a controversial draw) will see him become undisputed
heavyweight champion by unifying his WBC title with Holyfield's WBA and IBF titles,
as well as the vacant IBO title. In 2000, the WBA will strip him of their title
when he opts to face Michael Grant instead of mandatory challenger John Ruiz. He
will be knocked out by Hasim Rahman in a 2001 upset, but this defeat will be
avenged later in the year. In 2002, he will defeat Mike Tyson in one of the most
highly anticipated fights in boxing history. Prior to the event, he will be awarded
the Ring magazine heavyweight title, which had been vacant since the late 1980s and
was last held by Tyson. In what will be his final fight, in 2003, he will defeat
Vitali Klitschko in a bloody encounter. He will vacate his remaining titles and
retire from boxing in 2004. He will often refer to himself as "the pugilist specialist".
During his boxing prime he was 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) tall, with an 84 inch (210 cm) reach,
and weigh about 245 lb (111 kg). He will be regarded by many as one of the greatest
heavyweight boxers of all time, and also one of the greatest British fighters of all
time. In 1999 he will be named Fighter of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of
America, and BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
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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