* Today in Black History - November 3 *
1868 - John W. Menard, of Louisiana, is elected as the African
American representative to Congress. Menard defeats a
white candidate, 5,107 to 2,833, in an election in
Louisiana's Second Congressional District to fill an
unexpired term in the Fortieth Congress.
1874 - James Theodore Holly, an African American who emigrated
to Haiti in 1861, is elected bishop of Haiti.
1883 - Race riots occur in Danville, Virginia, resulting in the
death of four African Americans.
1896 - South Carolina State College is established.
1905 - Artist Lois Mailou Jones is born in Boston, Massachusetts.
She will win her first award in 1926 and have major
exhibitions at the Harmon Foundation, the Salon des
Artistes Francais in Paris, the National Academy of
Design, and many others. Despite her long career, she
will not have a major retrospective of her work until
the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston mounts a show in her
honor in 1973. She will join the ancestors on June 9,
1998.
1920 - "Emperor Jones" opens at the Provincetown Theater with
Charles Gilpin in the title role.
1933 - Louis Wade Sullivan is born in Atlanta, Georgia. He will
become the founder and first dean of the Morehouse
School of Medicine and Secretary of Health and Human
Services, the highest-ranking African American in the
Bush Administration.
1942 - William L. Dawson is elected to Congress from Chicago.
1942 - Black and white advocates of direct, nonviolent action
organized the Congress of Racial Equality in Chicago.
Three CORE members stage a sit-in at Stoner's Restaurant
in Chicago's Loop.
1942 - The Spingarn Medal is presented to Asa Philip Randolph
"for organizing the Sleeping Car Porters under the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and securing
recognition for them; and because of his fearless,
determined mobilization of mass opinion that resulted
in... Executive Order No. 8802, which banned racial
discrimination in defense industries and government work."
1945 - Irving C. Mollison, a Chicago Republican, is sworn in as
U.S. Customs Court judge in New York City.
1945 - The NAACP's Spingarn Medal is presented to Paul Robeson
"for his outstanding achievement in the theater, on the
concert stage, and in the general field of racial
welfare."
1949 - Larry Holmes is born in Easton, Pennsylvania. He will
become a professional boxer and world heavyweight
champion from 1978 to 1985. During his reign, he will
defend his title more times than any other heavyweight
in history, with the exception of Joe Louis.
1953 - Jeffrey Banks is born in Washington, DC. He will become
an influential fashion designer and the youngest designer
to win the prestigious Coty Award, for his outstanding
fur designs.
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain of the NBA San Francisco Warriors, scores
72 points vs the Los Angeles Lakers.
1964 - John Conyers, Jr. is elected to the House of
Representatives from Detroit, Michigan.
1970 - Twelve African Americans are elected to the Ninety-second
Congress, including five new congressmen: Ralph H.
Metcalfe (Illinois), George Collins (Illinois), Charles
Rangel (New York), Ronald Dellums (California), and
Parren Mitchell (Maryland).
1970 - Wilson Riles is elected as the first African American
superintendent of Public Instruction in California.
1970 - Richard Austin is elected as the first African American
secretary of state in Michigan.
1974 - Harold G. Ford is elected U.S. Congressman from Tennessee.
1978 - Dominica is granted its independence by the Great Britain.
1979 - Klansmen fire on an anti-Klan rally in Greensboro, North
Carolina, and kill five persons.
1981 - Coleman Young is re-elected mayor of Detroit. Thurman L.
Milner is elected mayor of Hartford, Connecticut. James
Chase is elected mayor of Spokane, Washington.
1983 - Reverend Jesse Jackson announces his candidacy for
President of the United States. Although unsuccessful in
this and a later 1988 campaign, Jackson will win many
Democratic state primaries. His candidacy will win him
national attention and a platform for increased
representation by African Americans in the Democratic
Party.
1992 - Carol Moseley Braun is the first African American woman to
be elected to the U.S. Senate.
1992 - James Clyburn is the first African American to represent
South Carolina since Reconstruction. He had previously
served for 18 years as South Carolina's Human Affairs
Commissioner.
______________________________________________________________
Munirah Chronicle is edited by Rene' A. Perry
"The TRUTH shall make you free"
E-mail: <[log in to unmask]>
Archives: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/Munirah.html
http://blackagenda.com/cybercolonies/index.htm
_____________________________________________________________
To SUBSCRIBE send E-mail to: <[log in to unmask]>
In the E-mail body place: Subscribe Munirah Your FULL Name
______________________________________________________________
Munirah(TM) is a trademark of Information Man. Copyright 1997 - 2007,
All Rights Reserved by the Information Man in association with
The Black Agenda.
|
