* Today in Black History - May 26 *
1799 - Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin is born in Moscow, Russia.
He will be first published in the journal, "The Messenger
of Europe" in 1814. Pushkin today is regarded as the
Father of Russian Literature.
1899 - Aaron Douglas is born in Topeka, Kansas. He will become
a world-renowned painter and muralist whose work will
embrace the African ancestral arts and express pride in
the African American image at a time when doing so was
highly unpopular. His most famous works will be "Aspects
of Negro Life," "Let My People Go," "Judgment Day" and
"Building More Stately Mansions."
1907 - Elizabeth Keckley, seamstress and confidante to Mary
Todd Lincoln, joins the ancestors after succumbing to a
paralytic stroke in Washington, DC. Keckley was the
author of "Behind the Scenes or Thirty Years a Slave,"
and "Four Years in the White House" (1868), one of the
first insider accounts of a White House Presidency.
1926 - Miles (Dewey) Davis is born in Alton, Illinois. For
over four decades, he will be one of the most innovative
and influential jazz trumpeters, known for his hard bop
and jazz and fusion accomplishments. Most noted for the
albums "Sketches of Spain," "Miles Smiles," and "Kind of
Blue," he will also win three Grammy awards for his
albums "We Want Miles," "Decoy," and "Tutu" and be
awarded the French Legion d'Honneur in 1991. He will
join the ancestors on September 28, 1991, but his music,
style, and collaborators all continue to influence not
only jazz music, but popular culture as well.
1943 - President Edwin Barclay of Liberia, becomes the first
African president to pay an official visit to an
American president, arriving at the White House.
1949 - Philip Michael Thomas is born in Columbus Ohio. He
will become an actor and will be best known for his
role in the TV series, "Miami Vice." He also will have
roles in the movies "Homeboy," "Stigma," "Streetfight,"
"Black Fist," "Miami Vice-The Movie," "Miami Vice 2 -
The Prodigal Son," "A Fight For Jenny," "Death Drug,"
"A Little Piece Of Sunshine," "Sparkle," and "The
Wizard of Speed and Time."
1949 - Pam Grier is born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
She will be raised on military bases in England and
Germany. During her teen years the family will settle
in Denver, Colorado, where at the age of 18, Grier
entered the Miss Colorado Universe pageant. Named first
runner-up, she attracted the attention of Hollywood
agent David Baumgarten, who signed her to a contract.
She will move to Hollywood and after struggling for a
few years will become the reigning queen of the 1970s
blaxploitation genre. She will be best known for her
1974 role as "Foxy Brown." She will make a comeback in
1988 in the Steven Segal movie "Above the Law," and
will star in a variety of major films through year
2000.
1961 - The Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee is established
in Atlanta, Georgia.
1968 - Ruth A. Lucas is promoted to Colonel in the U.S. Air
Force, the first African American woman to achieve this
rank.
1968 - Arthur Ashe wins the National Men's Singles in the U.S.
Lawn Tennis Association Open Tournament, becoming the
first African American male to win a major tennis title.
1969 - The National Black Economic Development Conference
adopts a manifesto in a Detroit meeting, calling for
$500 Million in reparations from white churches.
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