* Today in Black History - November 26 *
1866 - Rust College is founded in Holly Springs, Mississippi.
1872 - Macon B. Allen is elected judge of the Lower Court of
Charleston, South Carolina. Allen, the first African
American lawyer, becomes the second African American
to hold a major judicial position and the first
African American with a major judicial position on
the municipal level.
1878 - Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor is born in Indianapolis,
Indiana. He will become an American cyclist and win the
world 1 mile (1.6 km) track cycling championship in 1899
after setting numerous world records and overcoming
racial discrimination. He will be the first African
American athlete to achieve the level of world champion
and only the second black man to win a world championship,
after Canadian boxer George Dixon. He will hold the title
of "the world's fastest bicycle racer" for 12 years. He
will join the ancestors on June 21, 1932 in Chicago,
Illinois.
1883 - Sojourner Truth, women's rights advocate, poet, and
freedom fighter, joins the ancestors in Battle Creek,
Michigan.
1890 - Savannah State College is founded in Savannah, Georgia.
1939 - Annie Mae Bullock is born in Nutbush, Tennessee. She
will meet Ike Turner in the early 1950's at a St.
Louis, Missouri club. Soon after, she will begin
singing with his band on occasional engagements and be
better known as Tina Turner. In 1959, they will form
the Ike and Tina Turner Revue. After separating from
Ike and the band, she will build an even more successful
career on her own. After her divorce from Ike Turner,
she will rebuild her career through live performances.
In the early 1980s, she will launch a comeback with
another string of hits, starting in 1983 with the single
"Let's Stay Together" followed by the 1984 release of her
fifth solo album "Private Dancer" which will become a
worldwide success. "What's Love Got to Do with It", the
most successful single from the album, will later be used
as the title of a loosely-based biographical film adapted
from her autobiography. In addition to her musical career,
she will also experience success in films, including a
role in the 1975 rock musical "Tommy" and a starring role
in the 1985 Mel Gibson blockbuster film "Mad Max Beyond
Thunderdome," as well as a cameo role in the 1993 film
"Last Action Hero. One of the world's most popular
entertainers, she will also be referred to as "The Queen
of Rock 'n' Roll." She will be termed the most successful
female rock artist, winning eight Grammy Awards and
selling more concert tickets than any other solo performer
in history. Her combined album and single sales will total
approximately 200 million copies worldwide. She will be
noted for her energetic stage presence, powerful vocals,
and career longevity. In 2008, she will return from semi-
retirement to embark on her "Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour."
Her tour will become one of the highest selling ticketed
shows of 2008–2009. Rolling Stone magazine will rank her
no. 63 on their 100 greatest artists of all time. In 1991,
she will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1968 - O.J. Simpson is named Heisman Trophy winner for 1968.
A running back for the University of Southern
California, Simpson amassed a total of 3,187 yards in
18 games and scored 33 touchdowns in two seasons. He
will play professional football with the Buffalo Bills
and the San Francisco 49ers and be equally well known
as a sportscaster and actor.
1970 - Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. the first African American
general in the U.S. military, joins the ancestors at
the age of 93 in Chicago, Illinois.
1970 - Charles Gordone is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his
play, "No Place To Be Somebody."
1970 - Painter, Jacob Lawrence is awarded the Spingarn Medal
"in tribute to the compelling power of his work which
has opened to the world...a window on the Negro's
condition in the United States" and "in salute to his
unswerving commitment" to the Black struggle.
1986 - Benjamin Sherman 'Scatman' Crothers, actor, who is best
known for his role as "Louie" on TV's "Chico & the Man",
joins the ancestors at the age of 76, after succumbing to
pneumonia. The pneumonia was a complication of lung and
esophageal cancer.
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