* Today in Black History - January 7 *
1822 - A colony of free African Americans sent to Africa by the
American Colonization Society, is established on the west
coast of Africa. It is the beginning of the African American
colonization of Liberia. This colony will become the
independent nation of Liberia in 1847.
1868 - The Mississippi constitutional convention convenes in Jackson.
It is attended by seventeen African Americans and eighty-three
whites.
1868 - The Arkansas constitutional convention convenes in Little Rock.
It is attended by eight African Americans and forty-three
whites.
1890 - William B. Purvis is awarded patent #419,065 for the fountain
pen.
1891 - Zora Neale Hurston, who will become a brilliant folklorist,
novelist, and short story writer, is born in Notasulga,
Alabama. For reasons known only to her, she will claim 1901 as
her birth year and the all-Black town of Eatonville, Florida as
her birthplace. She will be one of the more influential writers
of the Harlem Renaissance, known for her novel "Their Eyes Were
Watching God" and her folklore collections, including "Of Mules
and Men." She will join the ancestors on January 28, 1960.
1892 - A mine explosion kills 100 in Krebs, Oklahoma. African Americans
trying to help rescue white survivors, are driven away at gunpoint.
1911 - Thelma "Butterfly" McQueen is born in Tampa, Florida. She will
be educated in Augusta, Georgia and Long Island, New York.
After graduation, she will study dance, joining the Venezuela
Jones Negro Youth Group. After performing in the "Butterfly
Ballet" (in a 1935 production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream")
McQueen will be dubbed---and forever referred to as---"Butterfly".
She will make her stage debut in George Abbot's "Brown Sugar", and
soon after, in 1939, she will appear as Lulu in "The Women" and in
her most famous role, Prissy in "Gone With The Wind." She will
join the ancestors on December 22, 1995 after succumbing to burns
sustained when a kerosene heater she attempted to light malfunctioned
and burst into flames.
1917 - Ulysses Simpson Kay is born in Tucson, Arizona. He will become
a classical composer and one of the first American composers
to travel to the Soviet Union. He will be known for his works
for orchestra, piano, and chamber ensemble. He will join the
ancestors on May 20, 1995.
1927 - The first touring Harlem Globetrotter game is played in Hinckley,
Illinois before a crowd of 300 people. It will be a success,
bringing in $75 in profit.
1950 - The James Weldon Johnson Collection officially opens at Yale
University. Established in 1941 through a gift by Grace Nail
Johnson, widow of the famed author, diplomat and NAACP
official, the collection will eventually include the papers of
Johnson, Langston Hughes, W.E.B. Dubois, Richard Wright, Jean
Toomer, Zora Neale Hurston, and many other writers of the
Harlem Renaissance.
1955 - Marian Anderson appears as Ulrica in Verdi's "Un Ballo in
Maschera" with the New York Metropolitan Opera. In her debut
performance at the Met, She becomes the first African American
ever to sing with the company.
1964 - The Bahamas achieve internal self-government & cabinet level
responsibility.
1966 - The Dance Theatre of Harlem debuts.
1973 - The revival of "Purlie" which debuted on December 27, 1972, closes
at the Billy Rose Theater in New York City after 14 performances.
1978 - Angola revises its constitution to include a state security law.
1985 - Lou Brock is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame.
1991 - "Nia Peeples Party Machine" premieres on television.
1993 - Jerry Rawlings becomes President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.
1996 - The 16th United Negro College Fund raises $ 12,600,000.
2003 - Thurgood Marshall, a famed civil rights lawyer and U.S. Supreme
Court Justice, is honored by the United States Postal Service
with the 26th stamp issuance in the Black Heritage Commemorative
Series.
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