* Today in Black History - January 9 *
1866 - Fisk College is established in Nashville, Tennessee. Rust College
is established in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Lincoln University
is established in Jefferson City, Missouri.
1901 - Edward Mitchell Bannister joins the ancestors in Providence, Rhode
Island. Challenged to become an artist after reading a newspaper
article deriding African Americans' ability to produce art, he
disproved that statement throughout a distinguished art career.
1906 - Poet and author, Paul Laurence Dunbar, joins the ancestors after
succumbing to tuberculosis. Dunbar was so talented and versatile
that he succeeded in two worlds. He was so adept at writing verse
in Black English that he became known as the "poet of his people,"
while also cultivating a white audience that appreciated the
brilliance and value of his work. "Majors and Minors" (1895),
Dunbar's second collection of verse, was a remarkable work
containing some of his best poems in both Black and standard
English. When the country's reigning literary critic, William
Dean Howells reviewed "Majors and Minors" favorably, Dunbar became
famous. And Howells' introduction in "Lyric of Lowly Life" (1896)
helped make Dunbar the most popular African American writer in
America at the time.
1914 - Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded at Howard University.
1935 - Earl G. Graves is born in Brooklyn, New York. He will become
president and chief executive officer of Earl G. Graves, Ltd.,
the publisher of "Black Enterprise" magazine, a successful
entrepreneur, and one of the strongest advocates for
African American business.
1942 - Joe Louis knocks out Buddy Baer in the first round in the 20th
title defense of his world heavyweight title in New York City.
1946 - Lyric poet, Countee Cullen joins the ancestors in New York City at
the age of 42. His several volumes of poetry include "Color"
(1925); "Copper Sun" (1927); "The Black Christ" (1929); and "On
These I Stand" (published posthumously, 1947), his selection of
poems by which he wished to be remembered. Cullen also wrote a
novel dealing with life in Harlem, "One Way to Heaven" (1931),
and a children's book, "The Lost Zoo" (1940).
1958 - The University of Cincinnati's Oscar Robertson scores 56 points
against Seton Hall University, whose team total is 54 points.
1965 - Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues is born in Baltimore, Maryland. He will
become a high school standout at Paul Lawrence Dunbar High, on
same team that produced first round draft picks Reggie Williams
and the late Reggie Lewis along with former Hornets teammate
David Wingate. He will play college basketball at Wake Forest
(where his jersey #14 will be retired) and become a NBA guard
with the Charlotte Hornets and Golden State Warriors. All these
accomplishments and only five feet three inches tall.
1967 - The Georgia legislature, bowing to legal decisions and national
pressure, seats state Representative Julian Bond, a critic of
the Vietnam War.
1970 - After 140 years of unofficial racial discrimination, the Mormon
Church issues an official statement declaring that blacks were
not yet to receive the priesthood "for reasons which we believe
are known to God, but which He has not made fully known to man."
1989 - Time, Inc. agrees to sell NYT Cable for $420 million to Comcast
Corporation, Lenfest Communications, and an investment group
led by African American entrepreneur J. Bruce Llewellyn. It is
the largest cable TV acquisition by an African American.
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