=* Today in Black History - August 10 * 1827 - A race riot occurs in Cincinnati, Ohio. More than one thousand African Americans leave the city for Canada. 1835 - A mob of white citizens and a hundred yoke of oxen pull an African American school house into a swamp outside the town of Canaan, New Hampshire. 1858 - Anna Julia Haywood Cooper is born in Raleigh, North Carolina. She will become an author, educator, speaker and one of the most prominent African American scholars in United States history. Upon receiving her Ph.D in history from the University of Paris-Sorbonne in 1924, Cooper became the fourth African American woman to earn a doctoral degree (age 65). She will be a prominent member of Washington, D.C.'s African American community until she joins the ancestors on February 27, 1964. 1867 - Famed Shakespearean actor, Ira Aldridge, joins the ancestors. 1944 - A race riot occurs in Athens, Alabama. 1950 - Patti Austin is born in the village of Harlem in New York City. She will become a sophisticated vocalist whose style will be steeped in jazz. She will make her performing debut at the age of four, singing a song called "Teach Me Tonight" on the stage of Harlem's famed Apollo Theater during an appearance by vocalist Dinah Washington, who was also Austin's godmother. Something of a child star, she will appear on Sammy Davis, Jr.'s television variety show, work on stage with such stars as Ray Bolger of The Wizard of Oz, and when she is nine, goes to Europe with a group led by bandleader Quincy Jones, who will become an immensely influential figure both on her own career and on the world of Black popular music generally. 1967 - Riddick Lamont Bowe is born in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. He will become a professional boxer who will win the World Heavyweight Title with an unanimous decision over Evander Holyfield in November 1992, and lose the title back to Holyfield in November, 1993. 1980 - Composer and violinist, Clarence C. White, joins the ancestors. 1981 - The Coca-Cola Bottling Company agrees to pump $34 million into African American businesses and the African American community, ending a national boycott called by Operation PUSH. 1984 - Olympic athlete Carl Lewis repeats Jesse Owens' record of four gold medals when he competes in the Los Angeles Olympic Games. 1985 - Michael Jackson buys ATV Music (including every Beatle song) for $ 47 million. 1989 - General Colin Powell is nominated to be chairman, Joints Chiefs of Staff. Upon confirmation, he will become the first African American to hold the post. ______________________________________________________________ Munirah Chronicle is edited by Mr. 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 - 2015, All Rights Reserved by the Information Man in association with The Black Agenda.