* Today in Black History - October 26 *
1868 - White terrorists kill several African Americans in St. Bernard
Parish, near New Orleans, Louisiana.
1868 - B.F. Randolph, state senator and chairman of the state Republican
party, is assassinated in broad daylight at Hodges Depot in
Abbeville, South Carolina.
1911 - Mahalia Jackson is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Known as the
"Gospel Queen," Jackson will become instrumental in the
popularization of gospel music and songs. Jackson's traditional
gospel audiences transcended beyond African American churchgoers
through her recordings, radio performances and concert tours in
America and abroad. Her recordings will sell millions of copies.
She will join the ancestors on January 27, 1972.
1919 - Edward William Brooke III is born in Washington, DC. After
serving in World War II and obtaining a law degree from Boston
University, he will be elected attorney general of the State
of Massachusetts and serve a term of four years before being
elected to the United States Senate as a Republican in 1966,
the first African American Senator elected since Reconstruction.
In the Senate, Brooke will oppose President Nixon's policies in
Southeast Asia, advocate low-income housing, and oppose quotas
to meet affirmative action goals. Among his awards will be
the NAACP's Spingarn Medal in 1967.
1921 - Solomon Porter Hood is named minister to Liberia.
1934 - At a New York City conference, representatives of the NAACP and
the American Fund for Public Service plan a coordinated legal
campaign against segregation and discrimination. Charles H.
Houston, Vice-dean of the Howard University Law School, is
named director of the NAACP legal campaign.
1950 - Chuck Foreman is born. He will become a star running back for
the Minnesota Vikings. He will be NFC Rookie of the Year in
1973 and NFC Player of the Year in 1974 and 1976. He will also
play in losing efforts in Super Bowls VIII, IX, and XI.
1951 - William Collins is born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He will become a
rhythm and blues performer and bandleader known as "Bootsy"
Collins. He will form his first group, the Pacesetters, in
1968. From 1969 to 1971, the group will function as James
Brown's backup band and will be dubbed the JB's. In 1972,
Bootsy will join George Clinton's Parliament/Funkadelic. He
will launch Bootsy's Rubber Band as a spin-off of P-Funk in
1976. He will record with Warner Brothers from 1976 through
1982. After a six year hiatus, he will sign with Columbia
Records in 1988 and actively record into the 1990s.
1951 - Joe Louis is defeated by Rocky Marciano in the eighth round in
a bout at Madison Square Garden.
1962 - Louise Beavers, who starred in more than 100 films, including
"Imitation of Life", "The Jackie Robinson Story", and "Mr.
Blandings Builds His Dream House", joins the ancestors in Los
Angeles, California.
1970 - Following 3 1/2 years of forced isolation from boxing, Muhammad
Ali returns to the ring and beats Jerry Quarry in Atlanta,
Georgia.
1976 - Trinidad & Tobago becomes a republic.
1977 - Dr. Clifford R. Wharton Jr. is named chancellor of the State
University of New York.
1980 - Ten African American Roman Catholic bishops issue a pastoral
letter asserting that "the Church must seize the initiative
to 'share the gift of our blackness with the Church in the
United States.'"
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