* Today in Black History - June 27 *
1833 - A white woman, Prudence Crandall, was arrested for operating
an academy for African American females in Canterbury,
Connecticut.
1872 - Paul Laurence Dunbar, short story writer, is born in Dayton,
Ohio.
1890 - George Dixon became the first African American to win a
boxing championship as a bantam weight.
1914 - The United States signs a treaty of commerce with Ethiopia.
1919 - Archibald H. Grimke', noted lawyer and civil rights advocate
who had served as U.S. Consul in Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic and president of the American Negro Academy among
his accomplishments, receives the NAACP's Spingarn Medal.
An original member of the "Committee of Forty" that helped
establish the NAACP, Grimke' is honored for his "years of
distinguished service to his race and country."
1941 - Richard Wright is awarded the Spingarn Medal. He is cited
for the power of his books "Uncle Tom's Children" and "Native
Son" in depicting "the effects of proscription, segregation
and denial of opportunities on the American Negro."
1960 - British Somaliland becomes part of Somalia.
1967 - A race riot occurs in Buffalo, New York. 200 persons are
arrested. The racial disturbance will last four days.
1970 - The Jackson Five: Marlon, Tito, Jackie, Jermaine and Michael,
jumped to number one on the music charts with "The Love You
Save". The song stayed at the top of the charts for a two
week run. It was the third of four number-one hits in a row
for the group. The other three were: "I Want You Back", "ABC"
and "I'll Be There". In 15 years, from 1969 to 1984, The
Jackson Five/Jacksons will have 23 hits, score two platinum
singles ("Enjoy Yourself" and "Shake Your Body [Down To The
Ground]") and one gold record ("State of Shock").
1972 - Patricia Roberts Harris, the first African American U.S.
Ambassador, is named permanent chairman of the Democratic
National Convention. The Mattoon, Illinois native will later
break new ground as Secretary of Health and Human Services
and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
1977 - Djibouti gains independence from France. Djibouti is located
in East Africa, bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, and
the Gulf of Aden.
1978 - Henry Rono of Kenya sets a world record for 3,000 meters,
running in 7 minutes 32 and 1/10 seconds.
1979 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Weber v. Kaiser Aluminum and
Chemical Corporation that employers and unions can establish
voluntary programs, including the use of quotas, to aid
minorities in employment.
1988 - Mike Tyson KOs Michael Spinks in 91 seconds of the first round,
in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1989 - The Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 16-6. Each
team is coached by an African American, Frank Robinson of the
Orioles and Cito Gaston of the Blue Jays. Robinson, who will
direct his team to an 87-75 season, will be named manager of
the year by both the Associated Press and the United Press
International.
1991 - Justice Thurgood Marshall, 82, the first African American on
the U.S. Supreme Court, announces his retirement after 24
years service, citing "advancing age and medical condition."
As chief counsel for the NAACP, Marshall played a major role
in the legal fight that led to the Brown v. Board of Education
decision, overturning legal segregation. In his final dissent
on the court on June 27, Marshall says that the court's
conservative majority was recklessly overturning decisions
protecting the right of African Americans and minorities.
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The source for these facts are "Encyclopedia Britannica,
"InfoBeat," "I, Too, Sing America - The African American
Book of Days," "Before the Mayflower", "Black Firsts" and
independent research by the Information Man.
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