* Today in Black History - February 17 *
1870 - Congress passes a resolution readmitting Mississippi to the
Union on the condition that it will never change its
constitution to disenfranchise African Americans.
1918 - Charles Hayes is born in Cairo, Illinois. He will be elected
to the House of Representatives succeeding Harold Washington
in 1983.
1933 - Bobby Lewis is born. He will become a Rhythm and Blues singer,
who will be at his peak in the 1960's, and will be best-known
for his recordings of "Tossin' & Turnin'," and "One Track Mind."
1936 - Jim Brown is born in Saint Simons, Georgia. He will be
considered one of the greatest offensive backs in the history
of football, establishing records with the Cleveland Browns,
for most yards gained and most touchdowns. Brown will also
develop a film career, establish the Negro Industrial and
Economic Union, and work with African American youth.
1938 - Mary Frances Berry is born in Nashville, Tennessee. She will
be an influential force in education and civil rights, become
the first woman of any race to serve as chancellor of a major
research university (University of Colorado in 1976), and a
member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
1941 - Joe Louis retains his world heavyweight boxing crown by knocking
out Gus Dorazio.
1942 - Huey P. Newton, a co-founder and minister of defense for the
Black Panther Party, is born in Monroe, Louisiana.
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain, of the NBA Philadelphia Warriors, scores 67
points against St. Louis.
1963 - Michael Jeffrey Jordan, who will be a star basketball player for
the University of North Carolina, the 1984 Olympic gold medal
team and the Chicago Bulls, is born in Brooklyn, New York.
Jordan's phenomenal style and scoring ability will earn him
universal acclaim and selection on more than eight all-star NBA
teams and NBA Most Valuable Player more than four times.
1982 - Thelonious Monk, jazz pianist and composer, joins the ancestors
at the age of 64.
1989 - The African countries of Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia &
Libya form an economic common market.
1997 - The Virginia House of Delegates votes unanimously to retire the
state song, "Carry me back to Old Virginny," a tune which
glorifies the institution of slavery.
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