* Today in Black History - June 10 *
1854 - James Augustine Healy is ordained as a Catholic priest
in ceremonies at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, France
at the age of 24. He will later become the first
African American Roman Catholic bishop.
1898 - Hattie McDaniel is born in Wichita, Kansas. A
vaudevillian, she will begin her acting career at age 37
in the film 'The Golden West'. McDaniel will go on to
roles in over 70 films, including 'The Little Colonel',
'Show Boat', and most notably 'Gone With The Wind',
which will earn her an Oscar as best supporting actress
in 1940. She will also star in the radio program
'Beulah' from 1947 to 1951 and the television program
'Beulah' in 1950. She will join the ancestors on
October 26, 1952.
1899 - The Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
(I.B.P.O.E.) is founded in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1910 - Chester Arthur Burnett is born in White Station,
Mississippi. He will be better known as 'Howlin Wolf',
a delta bluesman whose recordings will inspire English
rock bands to adopt his style and material. He will
join the ancestors in 1976.
1940 - The famed Cotton Club in Harlem closes. Home to some
of the most important jazz talents of their day,
including Duke Ellington, Lena Horne, and many others,
the club falls victim to changing musical tastes and
poor attendance.
1940 - Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey joins the ancestors in
London, England at the age of 52.
1946 - Jack Arthur Johnson, the first African American
heavyweight boxing champion, joins the ancestors after
succumbing to injuries from an automobile accident near
Raleigh, North Carolina at the age of 68. He will be
buried in Graceland Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.
1964 - The U.S. Senate imposes cloture for the first time on
a civil rights measure, ending a southern filibuster by
a vote of 71-29.
1972 - Sammy Davis, Jr. earns his place at the top of the
popular music charts for the first time, after years in
the entertainment business with his first number one
song, "The Candy Man". The song stayed at the top for
three consecutive weeks and stayed on the pop charts for
16 weeks.
1980 - Nelson Mandela, jailed for life by the apartheid
government of South Africa, has his writings smuggled
from prison and made public, continuing to spark the
general population.
1985 - Herschel Walker, of the New Jersey Generals, breaks the
2,000 yard mark in rushing during the season as the
Generals win over Jacksonville 31-24. The effort sets a
United States Football League (USFL) record. This feat
had only been reached twice in the National Football
League (NFL) -- once by O.J. Simpson in 1973 for 2,003
yards and Eric Dickerson in 1984 for 2,105 yards.
1997 - Geronimo Pratt, political prisoner and ex-Black Panther,
is released from prison on bail. A judge agrees that had
Pratt's original jury known that the prosecution key
witness was a FBI and police informant, the outcome may
have been different. In 1999, after winning his appeal of
the decision that ordered his release, charges against
Pratt were dropped by the Los Angeles District Attorney
and no new trial was sought.
2004 - Ray Charles, Keyboardist, Composer, and Singer who won
12 Grammy awards, joins the ancestors after succumbing to
liver disease at the age of 73.
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