* Today in Black History - June 26 * 1893 - William Lee Conley "Big Bill" Broonzy, blues singer, is born in Scott, Mississippi. 1894 - The American Railway Union, led by Eugene Debs, calls a general strike in sympathy with Pullman workers. 1934 - W.E.B. Du Bois resigns from the NAACP over the association's policies and strategies. Du Bois had been editor of the association's "Crisis" magazine and director of publicity and research. The resignation brings control of the magazine under the leadership of chief executive Walter White and its new editor and NAACP assistant secretary, Roy Wilkins. 1938 - James Weldon Johnson, joins the ancestors after succumbing to injuries received in an automobile accident near his summer home in Wiscosset, Maine. 1940 - Billy Davis Jr., singer with the 5th Dimension, is born in St. Louis, Missouri. He will later leave the group with his wife, Marilyn McCoo, with whom he will enjoy continued success as a duo. 1950 - The American Medical Association seats the first African American delegates at its convention. 1952 - The African National Congress begins its Defiance of Unjust Laws campaign in South Africa. 1956 - Jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown joins the ancestors after being killed in an auto accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Founder of the Brown-Roach Quintet with Max Roach two years earlier, Brown had built a reputation as one of the finest jazz trumpeters of his day as a major proponent of hard bop. 1959 - Prince Edward County, Virginia, abandons (closes) the public school system in an attempt to prevent school desegregation. 1959 - Floyd Paterson loses the Heavyweight Boxing Championship to Ingemar Johansson of Sweden. 1966 - The 220-mile voter registration march from Memphis, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi ends with a rally of some thirty thousand at the Mississippi state capitol. 1970 - Frank Robinson hits 2 grand slams as Baltimore Orioles beat the Washington Senators 12-2. 1960 - Madagascar becomes independent from France. 1978 - "Girl," a single-sentence two page short story of a mother's preachy advice to her daughter, appears in the "New Yorker" magazine. Written by Jamaica Kincaid, the story will make her a literary celebrity and will be followed by short story collections and the novels "Annie John" and "Lucy". 1979 - Muhammad Ali announces that he was retiring as world heavyweight boxing champion. The 37-year-old fighter said, "Everything gets old, and you can't go on like years ago." The "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" act was no more. 1990 - African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela addresses the U.S. Congress, asking for "material resources" to hasten the end of white-led rule in South Africa. 1995 - During a state visit to Ethiopia, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak escapes an attempt on his life. ______________________________________________________________ Munirah Chronicle is edited by Rene' A. Perry "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 1997 - 2010, All Rights Reserved by the Information Man in association with The Black Agenda.