* Today in Black History - September 21 *
1814 - African American troops are cited for bravery in the
Battle of New Orleans.
1872 - John Henry Conyers of South Carolina becomes first
African American student at U.S. Naval Academy
(Annapolis). He will later resign.
1905 - The Atlanta Life Insurance Company is founded by Alonzo
F. Herndon.
1909 - Kwame Nkrumah is born in Nkroful, Ghana. A leader in
African colonial liberation, Nkrumah will be the first
prime minister of Ghana (1958-1966), but will be forced
into exile following a coup. An influential 20th-century
advocate of Pan-Africanism, he will be a founding member
of the Organization of African Unity and the winner of
the Lenin Peace Prize in 1962. He will join the ancestors
on April 27, 1972.
1932 - Melvin Van Peebles is born in Chicago. Illinois. He will
become a playwright and director. He will be best known
for creating the acclaimed film, "Sweet Sweetback's
Baadasssss Song," heralding a new era of African American
focused films. He will be the father of actor and director
Mario Van Peebles.
1948 - Artis Gilmore is born in Chipley, Florida. A star center
during his two collegiate years at Jacksonville University,
in Jacksonville, Florida, he will lead the Dolphins to the
NCAA Division I championship game in 1970, where his team
will lose 80-69 to the UCLA Bruins. He will remain the top
player in rebounds per game in the history of NCAA Division
I basketball. He will then become a professional basketball
player. He will follow five All-Star seasons with the
Kentucky Colonels of the ABA by becoming the first overall
pick of the 1976 NBA dispersal draft, held after the ABA is
disbanded, as four teams transferred to the NBA. In his
complete pro basketball career, he will be an eleven-time
All-Star, the ABA Rookie of the Year, and an ABA MVP, and he
remains the NBA career leader for field goal percentage.
Nicknamed "The A-Train", he will once play in 670 consecutive
games. He will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial
Basketball Hall of Fame on August 12, 2011. In May 2012, he
will be inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.
1967 - Walter Washington is nominated by President Lyndon B.
Johnson as the first mayor of the newly reorganized
municipal government of Washington, DC. In 1974, he
will be elected to the post, another first for an
African American.
1970 - The Oakland Athletics's Vida Blue pitches a no-hitter
against the Minneapolis Twins, 6-0.
1971 - Alfonso Ribeiro is born in the Bronx, New York. He will become
an actor/pianist and is best known for his roles as Alfonso on
the television programs "Silver Spoons" and Carlton Banks on
the program "Fresh Prince of Bel Air."
1981 - Belize gains independence from Great Britain.
1985 - Michael Spinks becomes the first light heavyweight to
defeat the reigning heavyweight champion when he defeats
Larry Holmes.
1989 - Army General Colin Powell receives Senate confirmation as
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest
military position in the United States, thereby becoming
the military's highest-ranking African American.
1990 - Pittsburgh Pirate Barry Bonds is the second person to hit
30 home runs and steal 50 bases in the same season.
2009 - The Rev. John "Bootsie" Wilson, a former lead singer and
last surviving member of the soul group The Silhouettes,
joins the ancestors, at his home in Spartansburg, South
Carolina.
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