* Today in Black History - February 28 *
1704 - A school for African Americans is opened in New York City by Elias
Neau, a Frenchman.
1708 - A slave revolt occurs in Newton, Long Island in New York State.
Seven whites are killed. Two African American male slaves and
an Indian slave are hanged, and an African American woman is
burned alive.
1776 - George Washington, in his letter of acknowledgment to Phyllis
Wheatley for a poem she wrote for his birthday, says, "I thank
you most sincerely for...the elegant line you enclosed...the
style and manner exhibit a striking proof of your poetic
talents."
1778 - Rhode Island General Assembly in precedent-breaking act authorizes
the enlistment of slaves.
1784 - Phyllis Wheatley, poet, joins the ancestors.
1854 - Some 50 slavery opponents meet in Ripon, Wisconsin, to call for
creation of a new political group, which will become the
Republican Party.
1859 - Arkansas legislature requires free African Americans to choose
between exile and enslavement.
1871 - Second Enforcement Act gave federal officers and courts control
of registration and voting in congressional elections.
1942 - Riots against African Americans occur in Detroit, Michigan at the
Sojourner Truth Homes.
1943 - "Porgy and Bess" opens on Broadway with Anne Brown and Todd Duncan
in starring roles.
1945 - Charles "Bubba" Smith is born in Beaumont, Texas. He will become
a professional football player with the Baltimore Colts, Oakland
Raiders and the Houston Oilers. After a successful football
career, he will become an actor in the "Police Academy" series.
He also will become the president and CEO of Vital Aircraft
Company, which solicits the Department of Defense for
government contracts. To illustrate his enduring interest in
education and work with children, he will endow an engineering
scholarship at his alma mater, Michigan State University.
1956 - Adrian Dantley is born. He will become a professional basketball
player and star with the Utah Jazz. He will be their top scorer
in 1981 and 1984.
1962 - Rae Dawn Chong is born in Edmonton, Alberta. She will become an
actress in movies like "Quest for Fire."
1967 - Wilt Chamberlain sets a NBA record with his 35th consecutive
field goal.
1968 - Frankie Lymon, a Rock and Roll singer who became a star with his
teenage group, "The Teenagers," joins the ancestors at the age of
25 after a drug overdose.
1977 - Eddie "Rochester" Anderson joins the ancestors at the age of 71.
Born in Oakland, California, to a theatrical family, Anderson's
guest appearance in a 1937 Jack Benny Easter show grew to be a
30-year career on the popular radio, and later television,
program.
1984 - Singer Michael Jackson wins eight Grammy Awards in Los Angeles,
breaking the previous record of six awards won by a single artist
in 1965. Jackson's awards stem from his album "Thriller," which
became the biggest selling record of all time with 35 million
copies sold since its release in 1982.
1991 - "The Content of our Character," the controversial book on
affirmative action and race relations by Shelby Steele, wins the
National Book Critics Circle Award.
1998 - Todd Duncan joins the ancestors at his home in Washington, DC, at
the age 95. His ascension is on the fifty-fifth anniversary of
his starring role in the Broadway opening of "Porgy and Bess."
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