* Today in Black History - July 26 *
1847 - Twenty-five years after the first free African Americans
arrive at the colony of Cape Mesurado, the commonwealth
of Liberia declares itself an independent republic.
Joseph Jenkins Roberts, a Virginia native, becomes its
first president.
1865 - Catholic priest Patrick Francis Healy passes his final
Ph.D. examinations in philosophy at the University of
Louvrain in Belgium. He becomes the first African
American to earn a Ph.D.
1916 - Spottiswood W. Robinson is born in Richmond, Virginia.
He will pursue a distinguished career in law, in private
practice, as a representative of the NAACP Legal Defense
Fund, dean of the Howard University Law School, and as a
member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. In 1966,
he will be named a U.S. Circuit Judge of the DC Circuit
by President Lyndon B. Johnson, marking the beginning of
a successful judicial career.
1918 - Two days after she moves into a predominantly, though not
exclusively, white Philadelphia neighborhood, an African
American woman's house is stoned. The incident will set
off four days of riots in which one African American and
three whites are killed.
1926 - The Spingarn Medal is awarded to Carter G. Woodson for
"ten years of devoted service in collecting and
publishing the records of the Negro in America."
1948 - President Harry S Truman issues Executive Order 9981,
directing "equality of treatment and opportunity for all
personnel without regard to race, color, religion or
national origin" in federal employment and the armed
forces.
1948 - Bob Howard becomes the first African American host of a
network show - CBS' "The Bob Howard Show."
1951 - The Army announces that it is disbanding the 24th Infantry
Regiment, its last and oldest all African American
regiment, in order to integrate all White and African
American troops in the Korean War zone.
1998 - Larry Doby, the first African American in major league
baseball's American League, and Joe Rogan, a player in
the Negro Leagues, are inducted into Baseball's Hall of
Fame.
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