* Today in Black History - June 11 *
1799 - Richard Allen, the first African American bishop in the United
States, is ordained a deacon of the Methodist Episcopal Church
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Bishop Francis Asbury.
1915 - Mifflin Wistar Gibbs, the first African American in the United
States to be named a judge, joins the ancestors in Little Rock,
Arkansas at the age of 87.
1920 - Hazel Dorothy Scott is born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. A child
prodigy, she will enroll at New York City's Juilliard School of
Music and star in nightclubs, Broadway shows, and films. A
fixture in jazz society uptown and downtown in New York, most
notably for her jazz improvisations on familiar classical works,
she will be credited with putting the "swing in European
classical music."
1930 - Charles Rangel is born in New York City. He will defeat Adam Clayton
Powell, Jr. for the latter's Congressional seat in the 16th District
and serve on the House Judiciary Committee hearings on the
impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon. He will also chair the
Congressional Black Caucus and be a strong advocate in the war on
drugs and drug crime as chairman of the House Select Committee on
Narcotics Abuse and Control.
1937 - Amalya L. Kearse is born in Vaux Hall, New Jersey. She will become
the first African American woman judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals,
Second District of New York. She will earn her undergraduate degree
at Wellesley College and her law degree at University of Michigan
Law School. She will be active in legal circles, the National Urban
League, and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
1937 - Johnny Brown is born in St. Petersburg, Florida. He will become
a comedian and will be known for his roles on "Good Times," and
"The Leslie Uggams Show."
1951 - Mozambique becomes an oversea province of Portugal.
1963 - Vivian Malone and James Hood, accompanied by U.S. Deputy Attorney
General Nicholas Katzenbach, attempt to register at the University
of Alabama. They are met by Governor George Wallace, who bodily
blocks their entrance to a campus building. When National Guardsmen
return later in the day with Malone and Hood to enter the building,
Wallace steps aside.
1964 - In South Africa, Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life imprisonment
for allegedly attempting to sabotage the white South African
government.
1967 - A race riot occurs in Tampa, Florida. The Florida National Guard
is mobilized to suppress the violence.
1972 - Hank Aaron, of the Atlanta Braves, ties Gil Hodges of the Dodgers
for the National League record for the most grand-slam home runs
in a career, with 14. The Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies
15-3.
1978 - Joseph Freeman Jr. becomes the first African American priest in
the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons).
1982 - Larry Holmes defeats Gerry Cooney to retain the WBC heavyweight
crown.
2003 - William Marshall, actor, joins the ancestors at the age of 78 after
succumbing to complications from Alzheimer's disease. His roles
ranged from Othello and Frederick Douglas to a vampire in the
1972 movie "Blacula."
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