* Today in Black History - October 30 *
1831 - Nat Turner is remembered for his role in the slave
revolt that took place in Southampton county,
Virginia on August 21.
1939 - Eddie Holland is born in Detroit, Michigan. He will
become one-third of an amazing songwriting and
production trio, Holland-Dozier-Holland. Eddie
Holland will not be as successful on his own as when
teamed with brother Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier.
Eddie Holland will score his biggest hit as a solo
artist back in 1962, with "Jamie" reaching number six
on the R&B charts and peaking at #30 pop. He recorded
three more songs for Motown in the mid-'60s, but none
of them were hits, and he then concentrated on
songwriting and production. The Holland-Dozier-
Holland trio will write numerous hits for Motown acts
through the '60s before departing in 1968. They will
form their own label in 1970, Hot Wax/Invictus, and
will have success for a while with such acts as The
Chairmen Of The Board, Laura Lee, and the Honey Cone.
Some of the songs written by the trio are "Where Did
Our Love Go", "Baby Love", "Stop! In the Name of Love",
"I Hear a Symphony", "You Keep Me Hangin' On", "Reach
Out", and "I'll Be There." Holland-Dozier-Holland will
be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
1941 - Otis Miles is born in Texarkana, Arkansas. He will
become a rhythm and blues singer known as Otis Williams
and will be one of the original members of the Motown
group, The Temptations. Some of their hits will be "I
Can't Get Next to You", "Cloud Nine", "Runaway Child",
"Running Wild", "Just My Imagination", "Papa was a
Rolling Stone", and "Masquerade."
1950 - Philip "Phil" Chenier is born in Berkeley, California.
He will become a professional basketball player and will
be best known as a member of the Washington Bullets
team.
1954 - The Defense Department announces that all units in the
armed forces are now integrated. The announcement comes
six years after President Harry S. Truman issued
Executive Order 9981.
1966 - Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, students at Oakland City
College in Oakland, California, create the Black Panther
Party for Self Defense.
1976 - Joseph H. Evans is elected president of the United Church
of Christ, the first African American to hold the post
in this predominantly white denomination.
1978 - Esther Rolle wins an Emmy Award for her role in "Summer
of my German Soldier."
1979 - Richard Arrington is the first African American to be
elected mayor of Birmingham, Alabama.
1989 - Frank Mingo, CEO of the Mingo Group, joins the ancestors
in New York City. He, along with D. Parke Gibson,
Barbara Proctor of Proctor and Gardner, and Tom Burrell
of Burrell Advertising was one of the pioneering
advertising executives who specialized in targeting
African American consumers.
1991 - Led by President Robert L. Johnson, BET Holdings, Inc.,
the parent company of Black Entertainment Television,
sells 4.2 million shares of stock in an initial public
offering on the New York Stock Exchange. BET is the first
African American company listed on the "Big Board."
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