* Today in Black History - September 10 *
1847 - John Roy Lynch is born a slave in Concordia Parish,
Louisiana. Becoming free during the American Civil War,
he will settle in Natchez, Mississippi. There he will
learn the photography business, attend night school, and
enter public life in 1869 as justice of the peace for
Natchez county. In November, 1869 Lynch will be elected
to the Mississippi House of Representatives, and re-
elected in 1871. Although Blacks never will be in the
majority in the Mississippi legislature, Lynch will be
chosen speaker of the House in 1872. He will be elected
to the U.s. House of Representatives in 1873. In 1884,
he will become the first African American to preside
over a national convention of a major U.S. political
party and deliver the keynote address, when he was
appointed temporary chairman. In his book, "The Facts
of Reconstruction" (1913), Lynch will attempt to dispel
the erroneous notion that Southern state governments
after the Civil War were under the control of Blacks.
He will join the ancestors on November 2, 1939 in
Chicago, Illinois.
1886 - Poet Georgia Douglas Johnson is born in Atlanta, Georgia.
(Editor's Note: Her birth is uncertain, given as early as
1877 and as late as 1886). Among her books will be "Heart
of a Woman", "Bronze", "An Autumn Love Cycle", and "Share
My Love". She will be anthologized in Arna Bontemps's
"American Negro Poetry" and Davis and Lee's "Negro
Caravan," among others. Her home in Washington, DC, will
become the center for African American literary
gatherings. She will join the ancestors on May 14, 1966.
1913 - George W. Buckner, a physician from Indiana, is named
minister to Liberia.
1913 - The Cleveland Call & Post newspaper is established.
1927 - Jacques E. Leeds in born in Baltimore, Maryland. He will
become a leading African American attorney in Baltimore.
He will become the first African American appointed a
commisioner on the Maryland Worker's Compensation
Commission in 1991 (by governor William Donald Schaefer).
1930 - Charles E. Mitchell, certified public accountant and banker
from West Virginia, is named minister to Liberia.
1940 - Roy Ayers is born in Los Angeles, California. In high
school Ayers will form his first group, the Latin Lyrics,
and in the early 60s will begin working professionally
with flautist/saxophonist Curtis Amy. He will become a
popular jazz vibraphonist and vocalist, reaching the peak
of his commercial popularity during the mid-70s and early
80s.
1948 - Robert "Bob" Lanier is born in Buffalo, New York. He will
become a professional basketball player and will be a NBA
center for 14 years (10 years with the Detroit Pistons and
4 years with the Milwaukee Bucks). He will be an eight-
time NBA All-Star and will be elected to the Basketball
Hall of Fame in 1991.
1956 - Louisville, Kentucky integrates its public school system.
1960 - Running barefoot, Ethiopian Abebe Bikila wins the marathon
at the Rome Olympic Games.
1961 - Jomo Kenyatta returns to Kenya from exile to lead his
country.
1962 - Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black vacates an order of a
lower court, ruling that the University of Mississippi
had to admit James H. Meredith, an African American Air
Force veteran whose application for admission had been on
file and in the courts for fourteen months.
1963 - 20 African American students enter public schools in
Birmingham, Tuskegee and Mobile, Alabama, following a
standoff between federal authorities and Governor George
C. Wallace.
1965 - Father Divine joins the ancestors in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Divine, born George Baker, was the founder
of the Peace Mission, a religious group whose followers
worshiped Divine as God incarnate on earth.
1972 - Gayle Sayers, of the Chicago Bears, retires from pro
football.
1973 - A commemorative stamp of Henry Ossawa Tanner is issued by
the U.S. Postal Service. Part of its American Arts issue,
the stamp celebrates the work and accomplishments of
Tanner, the first African American artist elected to the
National Academy of Design.
1973 - Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton in a championship
heavyweight boxing match in Los Angeles -- and avenges a
loss to Norton the previous March in San Diego.
1974 - Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
1974 - Lou Brock, of the St. Louis Cardinals, breaks Maury Wills'
major league record for stolen bases in a season.
'Lighting' Lou Brock steals his 105th base on his way to
a career total of 938 stolen bases, a record which will
be later broken by Rickey Henderson.
1976 - Mordecai Johnson, the first African American president of
Howard University, joins the ancestors at age 86.
1986 - Sprinter, Evelyn Ashford is defeated for the first time in
eight years. Ashford loses to Valerie Brisco-Hooks in
the 200-meter run held in Rome, Italy.
2000 - At The 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy awards the following
quotes were made as Charles Dutton and Halle Berry
accepted their respective awards - "There goes my acting
career." - Charles S. Dutton, accepting as outstanding
director of a miniseries or movie for HBO's "The Corner."
- "Wherever Dorothy Dandridge is right now, I know she is
standing tall and proud and smiling." - Halle Berry,
accepting a best actress Emmy for the HBO movie
"Introducing Dorothy Dandridge."
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