* Today in Black History - December 10 *
1810 - Tom Cribb of Great Britain defeats African American
Tom Molineaux in the first interracial boxing
championship. The fight lasted 40 rounds at Copthall
Common in England.
1846 - Norbert Rillieux invents the evaporating pan, which
revolutionizes the sugar industry.
1854 - Edwin C. Berry is born in Oberlin, Ohio. He will become
a hotel entrepreneur and erects a 22-room hotel, Hotel
Berry, in Athens, Ohio. He will be known, at the time
of his retirement in 1921, as the most successful
African American small-city hotel operator in the
United States. He will join the ancestors in Athens, Ohio
on March 12, 1931.
1864 - A mixed cavalry force, including Fifth and Sixth Colored
Cavalry regiments, invades southwest Virginia and
destroys salt mines at Saltville. The Sixth Cavalry
was especially brilliant in an engagement near Marion,
Virginia.
1910 - Smarting from the humiliation of seeing the Ty Cobb-led
Detroit Tigers tie the Negro Havana Stars in a six game
series 3-3, the "Indianapolis Freeman" states: "The
American scribes refused to write on the matter, it cut
so deep and was kept quiet." Not quiet enough, however,
to prevent a ban on Negro teams, even the Cuban-named
clubs, from playing whites.
1943 - Theodore Wilson is born in New York City. He will become
an actor and will make his acting debut in the
blaxploitation film, "Cotton Comes to Harlem." He will go
on to appear in several blaxploitation films of the era.
In addition to films, he will also land roles in several
popular television shows. He will portrayed Earl the
postman on the series "That's My Mama." He will also play
several characters in the 1970s sitcom "What's Happening!!,"
including the role of Al Dunbar in a popular two-part
episode. In the conclusion of the two-part episode, his
character gets arrested for bootlegging a Doobie Brothers
concert. In 1976, he will play a messenger in "Sanford and
Son" in Episode 1, Season 6, "The Hawaiian Connection". In
1977, he will star in the short-lived sitcom "The Sanford
Arms," a spin-off of "Sanford and Son." After the series is
canceled, he will make various guest appearances in
episodes of "The White Shadow" (he also wrote a 1980 episode),
"Enos," "Gimme a Break!," "The Golden Girls" and "What's
Happening Now." In 1986, he will have a recurring role on
another short-lived series, "The Redd Foxx Show." He will
continue to work steadily throughout the late 1980s and 1990s
appearing in "Alien Nation," "Dallas," "Family Matters,"
"Tales from the Crypt," "Gabriel's Fire," "Mama's Family" and
"Quantum Leap." He will also be featured in films "The Hunter"
(1980), Blake Edwards' "A Fine Mess" and "That's Life!" (both
1986). He will join the ancestors on July 21, 1991 after
succumbing to a stroke. He will make his last onscreen
appearance in "Blood in Blood Out," a 1993 crime drama
released after his transition.
1950 - Dr. Ralph J. Bunche is the first African American to be
presented the Nobel Prize. He is awarded the Peace Prize
for his efforts as under-secretary of the United Nations,
working for peace in the middle east.
1963 - Zanzibar becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
1964 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize.
In his acceptance speech, he dramatically rejects racism
and war and reaffirms his commitment to "unarmed truth
and unconditional love." He is the youngest person to
earn the award.
1965 - Sugar Ray Robinson permanently retires from boxing with
six victories in title bouts to his credit.
1967 - Otis Redding and four members of the Bar-Kays (Otis'
backup group) join the ancestors after being killed in
the crash of a private plane near Madison, Wisconsin.
Redding is 26 years old. His signature song, "(Sittin'
On) The Dock of the Bay" was recorded just three days
before his death. It will be #1 for four weeks beginning
February 10, 1968.
1982 - Pamela McAllister Johnson becomes the first African
American woman publisher of a mainstream newspaper, the
"Ithaca Journal."
1984 - South African Anglican Bishop, Desmond Tutu receives the
Nobel Peace Prize.
1999 - Actress Shirley Hemphill joins the ancestors in West
Covina, California at the age of 52. She was best known
for her role as the "waitress with an attitude" on the
television series, "What's Happening!"
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