* Today in Black History - June 10 *
1854 - James Augustine Healy is ordained as a Catholic priest in
ceremonies at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, France at the
age of 24. He will later become the first African American
Roman Catholic bishop.
1895 - Hattie McDaniel is born in Wichita, Kansas. A vaudevillian,
she will begin her acting career at age 37 in the film 'The
Golden West.' She will go on to roles in over 70 films,
including 'The Little Colonel', 'Show Boat', and most
notably 'Gone With The Wind', which will earn her an Oscar
as best supporting actress in 1940. She will also star in
the radio program 'Beulah' from 1947 to 1951. She will join
the ancestors on October 26, 1952.
1899 - The Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
(I.B.P.O.E.) is founded in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1910 - Chester Arthur Burnett is born in White Station, Mississippi.
He will be better known as 'Howlin Wolf', a delta bluesman
whose recordings will inspire English rock bands to adopt
his style and material. He will become a Chicago blues singer,
guitarist and harmonica player With a booming voice and
looming physical presence. He will be one of the best-known
Chicago blues artists. Musician and critic Cub Koda will note,
"no one could match Howlin' Wolf for the singular ability to
rock the house down to the foundation while simultaneously
scaring its patrons out of its wits." Producer Sam Phillips
will recall, "When I heard Howlin' Wolf, I said, 'This is for
me. This is where the soul of man never dies'". Several of his
songs, including "Smokestack Lightnin'", "Back Door Man",
"Killing Floor" and "Spoonful", have become blues and blues
rock standards. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine will rank him
number 51 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".
He will join the ancestors on January 10, 1976.
1940 - The famed Cotton Club in Harlem closes. Home to some of the
most important jazz talents of their day, including Duke
Ellington, Lena Horne, and many others, the club falls
victim to changing musical tastes and poor attendance.
1940 - Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey joins the ancestors in London,
England at the age of 52.
1941 - Shirley Alston Reeves is born in Henderson, North Carolina. She
is better known professionally as Shirley Owens. She will
become a soul singer who will be the main lead singer of the
hit female singing group the Shirelles. In addition to Owens,
the Shirelles will consist of classmates of hers from Passaic
High School, New Jersey: Doris Kenner Jackson, Addie "Micki"
Harris and Beverly Lee. Through marriages, she will become
Shirley Alston and later, Shirley Alston Reeves. Her strong,
distinctive voice will mean that she will be the natural choice
for their main lead singer, though Jackson will be also featured
as lead on several songs as well. Her nephew, Gerald Alston will
be the lead singer of The Manhattans. She will enjoy a string of
hits with the Shirelles throughout the 1960s. She will leave the
Shirelles in 1975 to begin a solo career, initially recording
under the name "Lady Rose". That same year, she will record an
album entitled "With A Little Help From My Friends," after the hit
song by the Beatles, which will feature members of the Flamingos,
the Drifters, Shep and the Limelites, the Five Satins, the
Belmonts, Danny & the Juniors, Herman's Hermits and La La Brooks
of the Crystals. The Shirelles will be inducted into the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. She will also perform on the Doo Wop 51
PBS special in 2000, and will continue to tour under the name
'Shirley Alston Reeves and her Shirelles'.
1946 - Jack Arthur Johnson, the first African American heavyweight
boxing champion, joins the ancestors after succumbing to
injuries from an automobile accident near Raleigh, North
Carolina at the age of 68. He will be buried in Graceland
Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.
1949 - Frankie Russel Faison is born in Newport News, Virginia. He will
study drama at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington,
Illinois, where he will join Theta Chi Fraternity. He will also
attended NYU's Graduate Acting Program, graduating in 1974. He will
start his acting career in 1974 in the New York Shakespeare Festival
production of King Lear, with James Earl Jones in the title role.
He will later appear opposite Jones in the Broadway premiere of
Fences, for which he will receive a nomination for a Tony Award for
Best Featured Actor in a Play. His next role will come in TV, in the
short-lived series "Hot Hero Sandwich" in 1979. He will not make it
to the big screen until 1980, when he will appear in Permanent
Vacation as "Man in Lobby". A string of small roles will follow until
1986, when he will play the part of Lt. Fisk in "Manhunter." Also
that year, he will appear in the comedy "The Money Pit," as an unruly
construction worker, and in the Stephen King film "Maximum Overdrive."
In 1988, he will appear alongside Eddie Murphy and James Earl Jones in
"Coming to America" in the role of a landlord and will win a minor
role in the 1989 Spike Lee film, "Do the Right Thing." He will also
appeared in 1996's "The Rich Man's Wife" as Detective Ron Lewis. He will
also appear in the 1999 remake of "The Thomas Crown Affair" as Detective
Paretti. He will be notable for being the most frequent actor to appear
in the adaptations of Thomas Harris' Hannibal books: along with
Manhunter, he will also appear as Lector's jailer Barney in "The Silence
of the Lambs," the sequel "Hannibal" and the prequel "Red Dragon."
During the 1990�1991 season, he will star in the Fox situation comedy
"True Colors" with Stephanie Faracy and Nancy Walker about an interracial
couple. He will be replaced by Cleavon Little for the second season of
the program. In 1991, he will again appear alongside Hopkins in the film
"Freejack," which will also star Mick Jagger and Maximum Overdrive
co-star Emilio Estevez. In 1998, he will be a regular on the science-
fiction TV show "Prey." In the 2003 film "Gods and Generals," he will
play the role of Jim Lewis, a freed-slave, who shares his religious faith
and optimism with CSA General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson as the General's
personal cook. In 2004, he will star as JoJo Anderson in "The Cookout" and
will appear in "White Chicks." He will have a starring role as the Baltimore
City Police Commissioner Ervin Burrell on the HBO drama "The Wire." He will
appear in Tyler Perry's "Meet The Browns," a movie about a single mom who
takes her family to Georgia for the funeral of her father � a man she never
met. There, her clan is introduced to the crass, fun-loving Brown family.
He will play the role of Brown and Vera's brother, L.B. Brown. In 2009, he
will also be among the ensemble cast of John Krasinski's adaptation of "Brief
Interviews With Hideous Men," playing the son of a toilet attendant who
caustically recounts his father's experiences in one of the titular monologues.
He will play Richard Evans on "One Life to Live" from 2009 through 2012. He
will later appear in episodes of "Blue Bloods," which also stars Tom Selleck,
as an assistant police commissioner. His main film role in this period will be
as Harlan in the film "Adam." He will also appear in a third season episode of
"Lie to Me." He will play the role of Sugar Bates, a prizefighter turned
tavernkeeper, on the Cinemax program "Banshee." He will appear as Henry "Pop"
Hunter in the Netflix series "Luke Cage," and play a supporting role in the
2016 Amazon Studios original special "An American Girl Story � Melody 1963:
Love Has to Win."
1964 - The U.S. Senate imposes cloture for the first time on a civil
rights measure, ending a southern filibuster by a vote of
71-29.
1968 - Tracy Lynn Curry is born in Dallas, Texas. Known by his stage name,
The D.O.C., he will become a rapper, songwriter, and record producer.
In addition to a solo career, he will be a member of the hip hop
group Fila Fresh Crew and will later collaborate with gangsta rap
group N.W.A, where he will co-write many of their releases, as well
as Eazy-E's solo debut album "Eazy-Duz-It." He will also work with
Dr. Dre, co-writing his solo debut album, while Dre produces Curry's
solo debut album, released by Ruthless Records. He will be one of the
founders of Death Row Records along with Dr. Dre and Suge Knight.
After Fila Fresh Crew splits up in 1988, The D.O.C. will go on to
pursue a successful solo career. In 1989, he will release his debut
album, "No One Can Do It Better," which will reach number-one on the
US Top Rhythm & Blues/Hip-Hop Albums chart for two weeks and spawn two
number one hits on the Hot Rap Songs chart: "It's Funky Enough" and
"The D.O.C. & The Doctor". The album will go platinum five years after
its release. In late 1989, months after the release of "No One Can Do
It Better," The D.O.C. will suffer a serious car accident resulting in
the crushing of his larynx, permanently changing his voice. After his
recovery, he will release two more albums, "Helter Skelter" in 1996 and
"Deuce" in 2003. Since 2006, The D.O.C. will work on new material for
his fourth album Voices.
1971 - Joel "JoJo" Hailey is born in Monroe, North Carolina. He and his brother,
Cedric "K-Ci, will be the lead singers of the chart-topping Rhythm & Blues
group Jodeci with the DeGrate brothers-Donald (better known as DeVante Swing)
and Mr. Dalvin. K-Ci & JoJo's first sign of independence will come in 1994
when K-Ci covers Bobby Womack's hit "If You Think You're Lonely Now" for the
movie "Jason's Lyric." Early in 1996, K-Ci & JoJo will team up for the song
"How Could You" for the movie "Bulletproof" starring Damon Wayans and Adam
Sandler. By July 1996, K-Ci & JoJo will be featured as guest artists in
2Pac's number-one Rhythm & Blues hit "How Do U Want It". It will also top the
Billboard Hot 100. They will also gain popularity with 2Pac's last music
video, "Toss It Up". In 2010, TV One will air the reality docu-series, "K-Ci
& JoJo...Come Clean," The series will showcase the brothers current struggles
with alcohol as they work to rebuild their relationship and make a comeback.
"K-Ci & JoJo...Come Clean," will be produced by John Doe Media, with Carl
Craig and D. Renard Young serving as Executive Producers. The series will only
air for one season, but will still run several times a year due to the
popularity of the show and the 90's Rhythm & Blues singing brothers. Music
runs in K-Ci & JoJo's family, who are cousins with vocalists Stephanie Mills,
Dave Hollister, Calvin Richardson, Fantasia Barrino, Ricco Barrino.
1972 - Sammy Davis, Jr. earns his place at the top of the popular music charts for the
first time, after years in the entertainment business with his first number one
song, "The Candy Man". The song stayed at the top for three consecutive weeks
and stayed on the pop charts for 16 weeks.
1978 - LeMisha Grinstead is born in Houston, Texas. She will become part of a
platinum-selling vocal girl group, "702." The group will originally
be a quartet featuring the Grinstead sisters, which included identical
twins Irish and Orish, sister LeMisha and Amelia Childs whom they will
debut as featured artists on Subway's hit single "This Lil' Game We
Play." Amelia and Orish will be briefly replaced by classmates Tiffany
Villarreal and Kameelah Williams. Six months before their debut single
will be released, Tiffany would depart the group. Continuing as a trio,
they will release their debut single "Steelo" with great success. Their
first released album, "No Doubt" in 1996, will sell 500,000 copies in
the United States. In 1999, the trio will release the most famous 702
song called "Where My Girls At?" on the album "702" which will gain a
high level of success for the group, selling 1,000,000 copies in the
United States. For undisclosed conflicting personal reasons with the
record label, Kameelah Williams distanced herself from the Grinstead
sisters after the release of that album, and will be replaced by Cree
La'More, a solo singer who Irish and LeMisha personally picked to join
the group. The new line-up will release a single called "Pootie Tangin"
for the Pootie Tang soundtrack, though shortly after this, Kameelah
Williams will return to the group, and for undisclosed reasons, Cree
La'More will leave the ensemble. With the return of Kameelah Williams,
they will release the album "Star" which is mostly remembered for the
single "I Still Love You". The group will disband in 2006. They will
regroup again in 2017, and appear at the 2017 Soul Train Music Awards.
1980 - Nelson Mandela, jailed for life by the apartheid government of South Africa,
has his writings smuggled from prison and made public, continuing to spark
the general population.
1985 - Herschel Walker, of the New Jersey Generals, breaks the 2,000 yard mark
in rushing during the season as the Generals win over Jacksonville 31-24.
The effort sets a United States Football League (USFL) record. This feat
had only been reached twice in the National Football League (NFL) -- once
by O.J. Simpson in 1973 for 2,003 yards and Eric Dickerson in 1984 for 2,105
yards.
1997 - Geronimo Pratt, political prisoner and ex-Black Panther, is released from
prison on bail. A judge agrees that had Pratt's original jury known that the
prosecution key witness was a FBI and police informant, the outcome may have
been different. In 1999, after winning his appeal of the decision that
ordered his release, charges against Pratt were dropped by the Los Angeles
District Attorney and no new trial was sought.
2004 - Ray Charles, Keyboardist, Composer and Singer who won 12 Grammy awards, joins
the ancestors after succumbing to liver disease at the age of 73.
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