* Today in Black History - September 11 *
1740 - An issue of the Pennsylvania Gazette reports on a Negro
named Simon who reportedly can "bleed and draw teeth."
It is the first mention of an African American doctor or
dentist in the American Colonies.
1885 - Moses A. Hopkins, minister and educator, is named minister
to Liberia.
1907 - Alice Lillian Ellis (later Alyce Dixon) is born in Boston,
Massachusetts. She will move to Washington, DC with her
family in 1924. She will graduate from Paul Lawrence
Dunbar Senior High School and attend Howard University.
Her academic career will be cut short, however, when she
decides to quit school and work to help her parents
support their family, which is her main priority. She will
work at the Lincoln Theatre, an insurance company, the
Census Bureau, and eventually the Pentagon, where she will
be one of its first civilian employees. Her military career
will begin on a whim when she joins thinking that they
could help cure her vitiligo, a condition that causes skin
depigmentation. Even though that wasn’t possible, she will
go on to diligently serve the nation. After joining the
Women's Army Corps, (originally the Women’s Auxiliary Army
Corps) in 1943, she will be assigned to the 6888th Central
Postal Directory Battalion, the only unit of African
American women in the Women’s Army Corps to serve overseas
during World War II. Her unit wil be tasked with eliminating
the backlog of stacks of undelivered mail and packages
addressed to U.S. service members, but stored in British and
French warehouses. Knowing how important it was for these
soldiers to receive their mail, the 6888th will work
tirelessly to eradicate the backlog, and they did. Serving
in Scotland, England and France, her commitment to the
soldiers did not go unrecognized, as she will receive the
Good Conduct Medal to commemorate her service to the Army.
She will continue her public service, working for the federal
government for 35 years and volunteering at Washington
Hospital Center and Howard University Hospital for 12 years.
On October 27, 2014, she will have a private sit-down meeting
with President Obama and Delegate Eleanor Homes Norton, as
she is the oldest living female veteran of World War II. She
will join the ancestors on January 27, 2016 at the Washington
DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She had been a resident
at the Center's Community Living Center in recent years.
1922 - Charles Evers is born in Decatur, Mississippi. He will
become a civil rights worker who will assume the post of
field director of the Mississippi NAACP after his
brother, Medgar, is assassinated in 1963. He will be
elected mayor of Fayette, Mississippi, in 1969. He will
be the first African American mayor in the state in the
post-Reconstruction era, following passage of the Voting
Rights Act of 1965, which enforced constitutional rights
for citizens. He will unsuccessfully run for governor in
1971 and the United States Senate in 1978, both times as
an Independent candidate. In 1989, Evers will be defeated
for re-election after serving nearly twenty years as mayor.
1943 - Loletha Elaine "Lola" Falana is born in Camden, New
Jersey. She will become a dancer, most notably in
Broadway's "Golden Boy", and be a successful performer
on television and in Las Vegas, where she will be called
"The First Lady of Las Vegas." In the late 1980s, she
will suffer from a relapse of multiple sclerosis. Her
relapse will be severe, leaving her left side paralyzed
and becoming partially blind with her voice and hearing
impaired. Recovery will last a year and a half, during
which she will spend most of her time praying. She will
attribute her recovery to a spiritual experience
described as "Being able to feel the presence of the
Lord." She will convert to Roman Catholicism and work
her newly-found spirituality into her everyday life.
Though she will perform again in Las Vegas shows in 1987,
her practice of religion and faith will become the center
of her life. After another bout with multiple sclerosis
in 1996, she will return to Philadelphia and live with
her parents for a short time. No longer performing, she
will tour the country with a message of hope and
spirituality. When not on tour, she will live a quiet
life in Las Vegas, working on the apostolate she will
found, "The Lambs of God Ministry." The ministry will be
focused on helping children who have been orphaned in
Sub-Saharan Africa, and will work closely with the group,
"Save Sub-Saharan Orphans."
1953 - J. H. Jackson, pastor of Olivet Baptist Church, Chicago,
Illinois, is elected president of the National Baptist
Convention at its Miami meeting.
1956 - Cincinnati Red's Frank Robinson ties the rookie record
with his 38th home run.
1959 - Duke Ellington receives the NAACP's Spingarn Medal for
his outstanding musical achievements and contributions
to the field of music.
1962 - Two youths involved in a voter registration drive in
Mississippi are wounded by shotgun blasts fired through
the window of a home in Ruleville. A spokesperson for
SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) asks
the president to "convene a special White House
Conference to discuss means of stopping the wave of
terror sweeping through the South, especially where
SNCC is working on voter registration."
1977 - Quincy Jones wins an Emmy for outstanding achievement in
musical composition for the miniseries "Roots". It is
one of nine Emmys for the series, an unprecedented
number.
1999 - Serena Williams wins the U.S. Open women's title,
beating top-seeded Martina Hingis, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4).
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