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1810 - The Argentine national hero from Buenos Aires, Argentina,
Antonio Ruiz (El
Negro Falucho), joins the ancestors, fighting
for his country.
1820 - The first organized emigration back to
86 free African
Americans leave
Mayflower of
of
as fugitive slaves.
1867 - The Anglo-American merchant George Peabody, founds the $
2
million
established in the
wake of the Civil War to promote free public
education in 12
Civil War devastated southern states for whites
and African
Americans. The
for construction,
endowments, scholarships, teacher and
industrial
education for newly freed slaves.
1898 - Haywood Hall is born in
relocating to
join the
the war, he will be
active as a Black Nationalist, becoming a
member of the
African Blood Brotherhood and the Communist Party
of the
Haywood. He will be
a leading proponent of Black Nationalism,
self-determination,
and the idea that American Blacks are a
colonized people
who should organize themselves into a nation.
From 1926 to 1930,
he will study in the
will meet several
anti-colonial revolutionaries, including
will be chosen to
lead the Communist Party's Negro Department,
and in 1934 will be
elected a member of its politburo. The
Spanish Civil War
will take him to Spain in 1937, where he
will fight in a
volunteer Communist brigade against General
Francisco Franco's
fascist regime. During World War II, his
belief in black
self-determination and territorial autonomy
will put him at
odds with Communist Party policy, which had
gravitated away
from support for a Black nation in the American
south. His
agitation on "The Negro Question" led to his
expulsion from the
Party in 1959. He will remain in
supporting Black
Nationalist movements such as the Nation of
Islam. He will
publish "Negro Liberation" (1948), a detailed
analysis of the
national character of Black oppression,
particularly in the
South. In his later years he will write
his memoirs,
"Black Bolshevik: Autobiography of an Afro-
American
Communist" (1978). Harry Haywood's greatest
contribution will
be his central role in developing a
theoretical
understanding of the Black nation in the United
States. He will
join the ancestors in January, 1985.
1898 - Melvin B. Tolson, author and educator, is born in Moberly,
Universities, his
first volume of poetry, "Rendezvous with
for "Libretto
for the
1953.
1931 - The Harlem Experimental Theatre Group performs its first
play
at St. Philips
Parish House. The group's advisory board
includes famed actress Rose McClendon, author Jesse Fauset,
and Grace Nail.
1933 - Walter E. Fauntroy is born in
civil rights leader
and minister. He will later become the
non-voting delegate
to the
1945 - Robert Nesta Marley is born in
Norval and Cedella
Marley. He will become a successful
singer
along with his
group, The Wailers. Bob Marley and The
Wailers
were among the
earliest to sing Reggae, a blend of Jamaican
dance music and
American Rhythm & Blues with a heavy dose of
Rastafarianism, the
Jamaican religion that blends Christian and
African
teachings. He will join the ancestors
in 1981 at the
age of 36,
succumbing to cancer. As a result of his
accomplishments, he
will be awarded
the nation's third
highest honor, (April, 1981) in recognition
of his outstanding
contribution to the country's culture.
He
will be inducted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.
1950 - Natalie Cole is born to Nat "King" and Maria
Cole. She will
follow in her
famous father's footsteps and become a recording
star. She will become
a Grammy Award-winning singer, and Best
New Artist in 1975.
1961 - The "jail-in" movement starts in
when arrested
students demand to be jailed rather than pay
fines.
1993 - Arthur Ashe, tennis champion, joins the ancestors at the
age of
49. He succumbs from complications of AIDS,
contracted from a
transfusion during
a earlier heart surgery.
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The source for these facts are "Encyclopedia Britannica,
"InfoBeat,"
"I, Too, Sing America - The African American
Book of Days," "Before the Mayflower", "Black Firsts" and
independent research by Rene’ A. Perry.
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