* Today in Black History - November 7 *
1837 - White abolitionist and publisher, Elijah P. Lovejoy, is
murdered by proslavery mob in Alton, Illinois, while defending
his presses.
1876 - Edward Bouchet, is the first African American to receive a
Ph.D. from a college in the United States (Yale).
1876 - Edward Bannister, the first African American artist to win wide
critical acclaim, is awarded a prize at the Philadelphia
Centennial Exposition for his work, "Under the Oak".
1915 - Meharry Medical College is incorporated as a separate entity
in Nashville, Tennessee.
1916 - The NAACP's Spingarn Medal is awarded to Col. Charles Young,
U.S. Army, for organizing the Liberian constabulary and
establishing order on the frontiers of Liberia.
1934 - Arthur L. Mitchell, becomes the first African American
Democratic congressman (Illinois), after defeating Oscar
Depriest in a Chicago election.
1938 - Dee Clark, singer ("Hambone", "Nobody But You", "Raindrops"),
is born.
1950 - Alexa Canady is born in Lansing, Michigan. She will become,
at age 30, the first African American female neurosurgeon
in the United States.
1955 - In reviewing a Baltimore, Maryland case, the U.S. Supreme
Court bans segregation in public recreational areas.
1963 - Elston Howard, of the New York Yankees, becomes the first
African American to win the American League MVP award.
1967 - Carl Stokes of Cleveland, Ohio, and Richard Hatcher of Gary,
Indiana, become the first African American mayors of these
major United States cities.
1967 - The NAACP's Spingarn Medal is presented to Edward W. Brooke
for his public service as the first African American U.S.
senator since Reconstruction.
1967 - A report of the Senate Permanent Investigating Committee says
there were seventy-five major riots in 1967, compared with
twenty-one major riots in 1966. The committee reports that
eight-three persons were killed in 1967 riots, compared with
eleven in 1966 and thirty-six in 1965.
1970 - Race riots occur in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1972 - Reverend Andrew Young of Atlanta, Georgia and Barbara Jordan
of Houston, Texas become the first southern African Americans
elected to Congress since Reconstruction. Also elected for
the first time was Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (California).
Republican Senator Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts was
overwhelmingly endorsed for a second term.
1978 - Five African Americans are elected to Congress: William Gray
III (Pennsylvania), Bennett Stewart (Illinois), Melvin Evans
(Virgin Islands), Julian Dixon (California) and George
"Mickey" Leland (Texas).
1989 - David Dinkins is the first African American elected mayor of
New York City.
1989 - L. Douglas Wilder is elected as the first African American
governor (D-Virginia) in the United States since
Reconstruction.
1990 - The National Football League withdraws its plans to hold the
1993 Super Bowl in Phoenix due to Arizona's refusal to honor
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday.
1991 - Los Angeles Lakers' superstar Magic Johnson announces his
retirement from professional basketball after learning he
has tested positive for the AIDS virus.
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