* Today in Black History - November 18 *
1797 - Abolitionist and orator, Sojourner Truth, is born a
New York slave on the plantation of Johannes
Hardenberghn in Swartekill, New York. Her given name
is Isabella VanWagener (some references use the name
Isabella Baumfree). She will walk away from her last
owner one year prior to being freed by a New York law
in 1827, which proclaimed that all slaves twenty-eight
years of age and over were to be freed. Several years
later, in response to what she describes as a command
from God, she becomes an itinerant preacher and takes
the name Sojourner Truth. Among her most memorable
appearances will be at an 1851 women's rights conference
in Akron, Ohio. In her famous "Ain't I a woman?" speech
she forcefully attacks the hypocrisies of organized
religion, white privilege and everything in between.
She will join the ancestors on November 26, 1883.
1899 - Howard Thurman is born in Daytona Beach, Florida. A
theologian who will study at Morehouse with Martin L.
King, Sr., he will found the interracial Church of
Fellowship of All Peoples. The first African American
to hold a full-time faculty position at Boston
University (in 1953), Dr. Thurman will write 22 books
and become widely regarded as one of the greatest
spiritual leaders of the 20th century. He will join the
ancestors on April 10, 1981.
1927 - John Henry Kendricks is born in Detroit, Michigan. He will
become a prolific songwriter as well as a major rhythm
and blues singer better known as Hank Ballard. He will
perform with his group, The Midnighters, and make the
following songs popular: "There's A Thrill Upon The Hill"
(Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go), "The Twist"(made famous
later by Chubby Checker), "Finger Poppin' Time", "Work with
Me Annie", "Sexy Ways", and "Annie Had a Baby". He will be
enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. He
will join the ancestors on March 2, 2003.
1949 - Jackie Robinson, of the Brooklyn Dodgers, is named the
National League's Most Valuable Player.
1956 - Harold Warren Moon is born in Los Angeles, California. He will
become a professional football player (Minnesota Vikings,
Houston Oilers, and Seattle Seahawks quarterback). He will
also be the first undrafted quarterback and first African
American quarterback to be elected to the Football Hall
of Fame in 2006.
1964 - The head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar
Hoover, describes Martin Luther King as a "most notorious
liar". This statement is indicative of the agency head's
dislike of the civil rights leader.
1969 - The National Association of Health Services Executives is
incorporated. NAHSE's goal is to elevate the quality of
health-care services rendered to poor and disadvantaged
communities.
1975 - Calvin Murphy of the Houston Rockets, ends the NBA free throw
streak at 58 games.
1977 - Robert Edward Chambliss, a former KKK member, is convicted of
first-degree murder in connection with the 1963 bombing of the
16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, that killed
four African American teenage girls.
1978 - The NAACP's Spingarn Medal is presented to Ambassador Andrew J.
Young "in recognition of the deftness with which he has handled
relations between this nation and other countries" and "for his
major role in raising the consciousness of American citizens to
the significance in world affairs of the massive African continent."
1980 - Wally "Famous" Amos' signature Panama hat and embroidered shirt are
donated to the National Museum of American History's Business
Americana collection. It is the first memorabilia added to the
collection by an African American entrepreneur and recognizes the
achievement of Amos, who built his company from a mom-and-pop
enterprise to a $250 million cookie manufacturing business.
1983 - "Sweet Honey in the Rock," a capella singers, perform their 10th
anniversary reunion concert in Washington, DC.
1994 - Bandleader Cab Calloway joins the ancestors in Hockessin, Delaware, at
age 86.
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