* 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 - Actress Hattie McDaniel, Academy Award-winner for her role in "Gone
With the Wind," is born in Wichita, Kansas. A vaudevilian, 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.
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 Aberdeen. 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.
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.
1941 - Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey dies in London, England at the age
of 52.
1946 - Jack Arthur Johnson, the first African American heavyweight boxing
champion, dies in 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 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.
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