* Today in Black History - October 14 *
1834 - Henry Blair of Glen Ross, Maryland, receives a patent for
a corn planting machine.
1864 - The first African American daily newspaper, the New
Orleans Tribune, is published in both French and English.
1889 - Clarence Muse is born in Baltimore, Maryland. He will
become a pioneer film and stage actor. He will appear
in the second talking movie ever made and go on to appear
in a total of 219 films. His career will span over 60
years. He will receive an honorary doctor of humanities
degree from Bishop College, Dallas, Texas, in 1972. He will
be inducted in the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1973.
He will join the ancestors on October 13, 1979, one day
before his 90th birthday and the same day that his final
film is released.
1916 - Sophomore tackle and guard Paul Robeson is excluded from
the Rutgers football team when Washington and Lee
University refuses to play against an African American.
The exclusion will be temporary and the young Robeson
will go on to be named a football All-American twice.
1930 - Joseph-Désiré Mobutu is born in Lisala, Belgian Congo. He will
become a politician and military leader better known as Mobutu
Sese Seko. He will become the President of Zaire (renamed from
the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1971) from 1965 to 1997.
He will also serve as Chairman of the Organisation of African
Unity from 1967 to 1968. During the Congo Crisis, Mobutu,
serving as Chief of Staff of the Army and supported by Belgium
and the United States, will depose the democratically elected
government of nationalist Patrice Lumumba in 1960. He will
install a government that arranged for Lumumba's execution in
1961, and will continue to lead the country's armed forces
until he takes power directly in a second coup in 1965 to
become the country's military dictator. He will join the
ancestors on May 16, 1997 after succumbing to prostate cancer.
1947 - Charles B. "Charlie" Joiner, Jr. is born in Many, Louisiana.
He will become a professional football player after being
picked in the fourth round of the 1969 NFL draft. He will
be a wide receiver for the Houston Oilers from 1969-1972,
the Cincinnati Bengals from 1972-1975, and the San Diego
Chargers from 1976-1986. In eighteen seasons, he will
play in 239 games (most ever for a wide receiver at the
time of his retirement) and compile a career record of 750
catches, 12,146 yards, and 65 touchdowns. He will catch
586 passes as a Charger and was a key element in vaunted
"Air Coryell" offense. He exceeded 50 catches in seven
seasons, was a 100-yard receiver in 29 games, and played
in three Pro Bowls. In his last thirteen years, he will
miss only one game. He will be inducted into the Football
Hall of Fame in 1996.
1957 - Kenny Neal is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He will become
a blues guitar player, singer and band member. Neal's father
is Raful Neal, and he comes from a musical family. He will
often perform with his brothers in his band. He will preserve
the blues sound of his native south Louisiana, as befits
someone who learned from Slim Harpo, Buddy Guy, and his
father, harmonica player Raful Neal. In 1987, he will cut his
debut album for the Florida record producer Bob Greenlee — an
updated swamp feast initially marketed on King Snake Records
as Bio on the Bayou. Alligator Records will pick it up the
following year, retitling it Big News from Baton Rouge!! In
1991, he will prove to be a talented actor in the Broadway
production of the folk musical "Mule Bone" (by Langston Hughes
and Zora Neale Hurston), singing numbers written by Taj Mahal.
He will play with blues stars including Lucky Peterson and
Lazy Lester, and will be at one time a member of The Downchild
Blues Band, during a period of relocation to Toronto, Ontario,
Canada.
1958 - The District of Columbia Bar Association votes to accept
African Americans as members.
1964 - Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. is announced as the recipient of
the Nobel Peace Prize for his civil rights activities.
King is the second African American to win the Peace
Prize.
1967 - Stephen Anthony Smith is born in the Bronx, New York City. He will
become a sports television personality, sports radio host, sports
journalist, and actor. He will be a commentator on ESPN First Take,
where he appears with Max Kellerman and Molly Qerim. He will also
make frequent appearances as an NBA analyst on SportsCenter. He
will also be a NBA analyst for ESPN on NBA Countdown and NBA
broadcasts on ESPN. He will previously host The Stephen A. Smith
and Ryan Ruocco Show on ESPN Radio New York 98.7 FM. He will host
The Stephen A. Smith Show on the Chris Russo sports radio station:
Mad Dog Sports Radio (SIRIUS XM Radio, channel 82) and be a
featured columnist for ESPNNY.com, ESPN.com, and The Philadelphia
Inquirer.
1969 - A racially motivated civil disturbance occurs in
Springfield, Massachusetts.
1971 - Two people are killed in a Memphis, Tennessee racially
motivated disturbance.
1975 - Tricia Marie "Shaznay" Lewis is born in Islington, London. She
will become a singer, songwriter, and member of girl group All
Saints. She will co-write most of the group's songs, including
number one singles: "Bootie Call", "Pure Shores" and
international smash hit single "Never Ever". She will launch a
short solo career in 2004 with her debut solo album, "Open,"
and singles "Never Felt Like This Before" and "You". She will
write for other artists such as Stooshe, co-writing their hit
single "Black Heart" and co-writing for Mutya Keisha Siobhan.
1978 - Usher Raymond IV is born in Dallas, Texas. He will become a singer,
songwriter and dancer. At the age of 12, his mother will put him
in local singing competitions, and he will catch the attention of
a music A&R from LaFace Records. He will release his self-titled
debut album, "Usher" (1994) but will rise to fame in the late
1990s with the release of his second album "My Way" (1997). It
will spawn his first U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one single,
"Nice & Slow", among top-two singles "You Make Me Wanna..." and
"My Way". He will win his first two Grammy Awards as Best Male
R&B Vocal Performance in 2002 and 2003. "Confessions" (2004) will
establish him as one of the best-selling musical artists of the
2000s decade, selling 20 million copies worldwide. Bolstered by
its four consecutive Billboard Hot 100 number one singles—"Yeah!",
"Burn", "Confessions Part II" and "My Boo"—it has been certified
Diamond by the RIAA. "Here I Stand" (2008) and "Raymond v. Raymond"
(2010) will both debut atop of the Billboard 200 chart and
respectively produce the number-one singles "Love in This Club" and
"OMG". The EP, Versus, will produce top-five single "DJ Got Us
Fallin' in Love", before releasing top-fifteen single "More".
"Looking 4 Myself" (2012) will also debut atop the Billboard 200
chart with the top-ten single "Scream". The R&B ballads "There Goes
My Baby" and "Climax" will receive Grammy Awards in 2011 and 2013.
"I Don't Mind" will also reach the top-fifteen in 2014, while "Hard
II Love" (2016) will peak at five on the Billboard 200 chart. He
will sell 23.8 million albums and 38.2 million digital songs in the
United States. Internationally, he will sell 75 million records
worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all
time. He will win numerous awards and accolades including eight
Grammy Awards and 18 Billboard Music Awards. At the end of 2009,
Billboard will name him the second most successful artist of the
2000s decade, the number-one Hot 100 artist of the 2000s decade,
and ranked "Confessions" as the top solo album of the 2000s decade.
Billboard will also place him at number 6 on their list of Top 50
R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years. He will attain nine US
Hot 100 number-one singles. Considered an icon and sex symbol, he
will have TV and film appearances and have inductions into the
Georgia Music Hall of Fame and Hollywood Walk of Fame. He will own
the record label Raymond-Braun Media Group (RBMG), a joint venture
with talent manager Scooter Braun that includes Canadian singer
Justin Bieber.
1980 - Bob Marley performs in his last concert before he untimely joins
the ancestors succumbing to cancer.
1987 - Jared Antonio Farrow is born in Chesapeake, Virginia. He will become
an actor, stand-up comedian, impressionist, and rapper better known
as Jay Pharoah. He will join the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live
in 2010, for its thirty-sixth season. In 2015, he will be ranked the
55th greatest Saturday Night Live cast member by Rolling Stone
magazine.
1995 - Sports Illustrated places Eddie Robinson on the cover
of its magazine. He is the first and only coach of an
Historically Black College or University (HBCU) to
appear on the cover of any major sports publication in
the United States.
1999 - Julius Nyerere, Tanzania's first president, joins the
ancestors in a London hospital at age 77.
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