* Today in Black History - September 27 *
1822 - Hiram R. Revels, is born free in Fayetteville, North
Carolina. He will become the first African American U.S.
Senator, elected from Mississippi.
1862 - The First Louisiana Native Guards, the first African
American regiment to receive official recognition, is
mustered into the Union army. The Regiment is composed of
free African Americans from the New Orleans area.
1867 - Louisiana voters endorse the constitutional convention and
elect delegates in the first election under The
Reconstruction Acts. The vote was 75,000 for the
convention and 4,000 against.
1875 - Branch Normal College opens in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. A
segregated unit of the state university, the college is
established by Joseph C. Corbin.
1876 - Edward Mitchell Bannister wins a bronze medal for his
painting "Under the Oaks" at the American Centennial
Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The award to
Bannister will cause controversy among whites who think
African Americans incapable of artistic excellence.
1877 - John Mercer Langston is named Minister to Haiti.
1934 - Greg Morris is born in Cleveland, Ohio. He will come to
Hollywood in the early 1960s to become an actor after
some minor stage experience in Seattle. He will have
guest roles on such series as "Dr. Kildare," "The Dick Van
Dyke Show" and "The Twilight Zone" before being cast in
"Mission: Impossible." He will be one of the first African
American actors to star in a hit series during the 1960s,
playing Barney Collier, the quiet, efficient electronics
expert on "Mission: Impossible," which ran from 1966 to
1973. In 1979, he will go to Las Vegas to film the
television series "Vega$," in which he plays Lt. David
Nelson. He will like the city so much he will decide to
make it his home. He will join the ancestors after
succumbing to cancer there in 1996.
1936 - Don Cornelius is born. He will become the creator,
producer, and host of the TV show, "Soul Train" in 1970.
The show will become the longest running program
originally produced for first-run syndication in the
entire history of television. The show’s resounding
success will position it as the cornerstone of the Soul
Train franchise which includes the annual specials: "Soul
Train Music Awards," the "Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards"
and the "Soul Train Christmas Starfest."
1940 - African American leaders protest discrimination in the U.S.
Armed Forces and war industries at a White House meeting
with President Roosevelt.
1944 - Stephanie Pogue is born in Shelby, North Carolina. She
will become an artist and art professor whose works will
be collected by New York City's Whitney Museum of American
Art and the Studio Museum of Harlem while she will exhibit
widely in the United States, Europe, Japan, and South
America.
1950 - Heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles defeats Joe Louis.
1953 - Diane Abbott is born in the working-class neighborhood of
Paddington in London, England. Her mother (a nurse) and
father (a welder) had moved there in 1951 from Jamaica. A
graduate of Cambridge University, she will make history on
June 11, 1987, becoming the first female of African
descent to be a member of the British Parliament. Her
outspoken criticism of racism and her commitment to
progressive politics will make her a controversial figure
in Great Britain's Labour Party.
1954 - Public school integration begins in Washington, DC and
Baltimore, Maryland.
1961 - Sierre Leone becomes the 100th member of the United Nations.
1967 - Washington, DC's Anacostia Museum, dedicated to informing
the community of the contributions of African Americans to
United States social, political and cultural history,
opens its doors to the public.
1988 - Several athletes, among them Black Canadian sprinter Ben
Johnson, are expelled from the Olympic Games for anabolic
steroid use. Johnson's gold medal, won in the 100-meter
dash, is awarded to African American Carl Lewis, the
second-place finisher.
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