*                Today in Black History - January 11                 *

1870 - The first reconstruction legislature meets in Jackson,
	Mississippi. Thirty one of the 106 representatives and five 
	of the 33 senators are African American.

1879 - Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins.

1892 - William D. McCoy, of Indiana, is appointed United States 
	Minister to Liberia.

1902 - Acknowledging the increasing attention African American 
	athletes receive, the Baltimore "Afro-American" states, "Mr.
	[Joe] Gans gets more space in the white papers than all the 
	respectable colored people in the state." Gans is the world 
	lightweight boxing champion and first native African 
	American world title holder. 

1904 - The Herero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, will 
	begin an uprising against the oppressive rule of the German
	colonist regime. The Herero people's freedom and culture 
	became heavily restricted as German control grew and the 
	leader of the Herero, Samuel Maharero will order the 
	extermination of all White people excluding the English, 
	Boers, Namas, Basters, Berg-Damaras and missionaries in the 
	German protectorate. The conflict will continue but the 
	Herero will be overwhelmed. Governor T. Leutwein will be
	prepared to negotiate a settlement, but his government will
	be determined to suppress the revolt with arms. This war, 
	and the extermination order issued by General Lothar von 
	Trotha that follows its end, will be considered by most 
	historians as the first genocide of the 20th century. The 
	rebellion will continue until March 31, 1907.
	(http://www.sahistory.org.za/article/herero-revolt-1904-1907)

1924 - James Isaac Moore is born in Lobdell, Louisiana (outside of 
	Baton Rouge). During the 1940's he will teach himself how 
	to play the harmonica and begin working juke joints, clubs, 
	parties, and picnics in Louisiana. He will become a major 
	blues musician, a leading exponent of the swamp blues style, 
	and "one of the most commercially successful blues artists 
	of his day". His most successful and influential recordings 
	will include "I'm a King Bee" (1957), "Rainin' In My Heart" 
	(1961), and "Baby Scratch My Back" (1966) which will reach
	no.1 on the Rhythm & Blues chart and no.16 on the US pop 
	chart. A master of the blues harmonica, his stage name will 
	be derived from the popular nickname for that instrument, 
	the "harp". He will work professionally with his brother-in
	-law, Lightnin' Slim and will be known as "Slim Harpo." He 
	will be a big influence on British blues-rockers of the 
	mid-Sixties. He will join the ancestors on January 31, 1970,
	after succumbing to a sudden heart attack.

1936 - Charles W. Anderson enters the Kentucky House of Representatives 
	as its first elected African American member. He will serve for 
	six consecutive terms and will help to dismantle legal 
	segregation in his state, when his bill allowing African 
	American and white nurses to go to the same school is passed in 
	1948.

1947 - Andrea Evangelina Rodriguez Perozo joins the ancestors in the 
	Dominican Republic. She had been seized for her opposition to 
	the regime of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo and her strong criticism 
	of the government. She had been held in a fortress and tortured. 
	She will be later abandoned on a road near the town of Hato 
	Mayor, where she will succumb to her wounds after several days 
	of agony. She had been the first woman to graduate from medical 
	school in the Dominican Republic, becoming the first woman 
	physician to practice in that country.  

1957 - Darryl Dawkins is born in Orlando, Florida. He will become 
	one of only five players to enter the NBA right out of high 
	school and survive. He will go on to play for fourteen 
	seasons. He will be most noted for his days with the NBA's 
	Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets, although he will also play
	briefly for the Detroit Pistons and Utah Jazz late in his career. 
	His nickname, "Chocolate Thunder", will be bestowed upon him by 
	Stevie Wonder. He will be known for his powerful dunks, which will
	lead to the NBA adopting breakaway rims due to his shattering the 
	backboard on two occasions in 1979. He will average double figures 
	in scoring nine times in his 14 years in the NBA, often ranking 
	among the league leaders in field-goal percentage. He will also 
	play in the NBA Finals three times as a member of the Philadelphia 
	76ers in the late 1970s and early 1980s. On the flip side, he will
	set an NBA record for fouls in a season (386 in 1983-84), and will
	never quite live up to the expectations that had been heaped upon 
	him when he was drafted out of high school. He will join the 
	ancestors on August 27, 2015 after succumbing to a heart attack.

1957 - The African Convention is founded in Dakar, French West Africa. The
	African Convention (French: Convention Africaine) was a political 
	party in French West Africa (now Senegal). The CA will consist of 
	the Senegalese Popular Bloc (BPS) of Leopold Sedar Senghor, the 
	African Popular Movement of Nazi Boni in Upper Volta and the 
	Nigerien Democratic Front (FDN) of Zodi Ikhia in Niger. In the 1957 
	territorial assembly elections, CA member parties will win 96 seats. 
	CA will win in Senegal, and gain presence in three other assemblies.
	In March, 1958, the African Convention and the African Socialist 
	Movement (MSA) will merge to form the African Regroupment Party (PRA).

1960 - Chad declares its independence from France.

1961 - Racially motivated disturbance erupts on the University of 
	Georgia campus as a result of civil rights demonstrations by 
	African American students. African American students 
	Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes are suspended but will 
	be reinstated by a federal court order. Hunter-Gault will 
	become an Emmy award-winning journalist with "The 
	MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour."

1962 - Nelson Mandela leaves South Africa, traveling to Ethiopia, 
	Algeria, and England to speak out against apartheid in South
	Africa.

1985 - Reuben V. Anderson is appointed as judge on the Mississippi
	Supreme Court. He will be the first African American named to the 
	court.

1986 - L. Douglas Wilder, of Virginia, is sworn in as the first 
	African American Lt. Governor since reconstruction.

1991 - Ben Johnson runs in his first race after being stripped of his 1988 
	Olympic Gold medal for steroid use. He will finish second.

1996 - Haiti becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

1998 - At the 24th People's Choice Awards, Whitney Houston wins Favorite
	Female Musical Performer and Oprah Winfrey wins Favorite Female
	TV Performer.

2016 - Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Monte Irvin joins the ancestors at 
	the age of 96. He was regarded as one of the best hitters and all-
	around players in the Negro League, making five All-Star teams. He
	became one of the first African Americans to play in the majors, 
	and played a vital role in the New York Giants' World Series runs
	in 1951 and 1954.

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