* Today in Black History - January 6 * 1773 - "Felix," a Boston slave, and others petition Massachusetts Governor Hutchinson for their freedom. It is the first of a record eight similar petitions filed during the Revolutionary War. 1831 - The World Anti-Slavery Convention opens in London, England. 1832 - William Lloyd Garrison founds the New England Anti-Slavery Society at the African Meeting House in Boston, Massachusetts, where he issues the society's "Declaration of Sentiments" from the Meeting House pulpit. 1882 - Thomas Boyne receives the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in two New Mexico battles while a sergeant in Troop C, 9th U.S. Calvary. 1906 - Benedict Wallet Vilakazi is born in South Africa. He will become a pre-apartheid Zulu poet, novelist, and educator. 1929 - Wilbert Harrison is born. He will become a singer and will be best known for his recordings "Kansas City," and "Let's Work Together." 1937 - Doris Troy is born. She will become a rhythm and blues singer best known for her song "Just One Look." 1966 - Harold R. Perry becomes the second African American Roman Catholic bishop since the U.S. was founded and the first in the 20th century. 1971 - Cecil A. Partee is elected president pro tem of the Illinois State Senate. He is the first African American to hold this position. 1984 - Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Robert N.C. Nix, Jr., is inaugurated as Chief Justice. The Philadelphia native, former deputy attorney general of the state, and thirteen-year veteran of the Court, is the first African American to head a state Supreme Court. 1989 - Elizabeth Koontz joins the ancestors at the age of 69. She was a noted educator and the first African American president of the National Education Association. She also had been director of the Women's Bureau in the U.S. Department of Labor. 1993 - Jazz great, John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, joins the ancestors in Englewood, New Jersey at the age of 76. He had played actively until early 1992. ______________________________________________________________ Munirah Chronicle is edited by Brother Mosi Hoj "The TRUTH shall make you free" E-mail: <[log in to unmask]> Archives: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/Munirah.html http://blackagenda.com/cybercolonies/index.htm _____________________________________________________________ To SUBSCRIBE send E-mail to: <[log in to unmask]> In the E-mail body place: Subscribe Munirah Your FULL Name ______________________________________________________________ Munirah(TM) is a trademark of Information Man. Copyright 1998 - 2006, All Rights Reserved by the Information Man in association with The Black Agenda.