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******* Today in Black History – August 17, 2017 *******
1847
- Archibald Henry Grimke' is born into slavery on a
plantation near Charleston, South
Carolina. His white
father, Henry Grimke', was of the famous
Grimke' family
which included abolitionist sisters
Sarah and Angelina.
After being freed in 1852, Archibald
will have a
distinguished career as a lawyer
(Harvard Law, 1874),
political delegate, newspaper publisher
("The Hub" in
Boston), and author. He will join the
ancestors on
February 25, 1930.
1887
- Marcus Mosiah Garvey is born in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica.
He will become a charismatic black
nationalist and
founder of the UNIA, an organization dedicated
to
education, racial pride, and African
development. He
will also found the Black Star Line, an
African American
owned steamship company established to
link new-world
Blacks with their African
motherland. Garvey and several
associates will be railroaded by the
U.S. government for
"mail fraud" in connection with the sale of Black Star
stock.
Garvey will be convicted and serve five years in
federal prison. The U.S. government
trumps up these
charges against Marcus Garvey because he
was a threat to
the status quo of the "Negro
people" of America. That is
why he is deported instead of being
forced to serve his
complete sentence here. The U.S.
government simply wanted
to get rid of him. He will join the
ancestors on June 10,
1940 in London, England.
1920
- Isaiah Boyd Perry is born in Money Point (Norfolk), Virginia.
He will grow up in Hampton, Virginia and
will become the
first faculty member of Hampton
Institute to graduate from
the Hampton Institute Laboratory High
School (George P.
Phenix),
graduate from the Hampton Institute Trade School,
graduate with a Bachelor of Science
Degree, and a Master of
Science Degree and join the
"Quarter of the Century Club"
as a faculty member with twenty five years of service. He
will join the ancestors in 1971.
1931
- A'Lelia Walker Robinson joins the ancestors and
residents of
Harlem and New York City mourn her
death. The daughter of
Madame C.J. Walker, she had
distinguished herself as hostess
of the "Dark Tower" on
Harlem's West 136th Street, a meeting
place for Harlem Renaissance poets,
philosophers, and
artists such as W.E.B. DuBois, Langston
Hughes, and Aaron
Douglas, as well as European nobility
and members of New
York's social register.
1939
- Luther Allison is born in Widener, Arkansas. He will become
a blues guitarist. Allison will spend his formative musical
years in Chicago jamming with the West
Side's best,
including Magic Sam, Otis Rush, and
Freddie King. His first
recording, "Love Me Mama" (Delmark, 1969), is considered a
blues classic. Allison will come to
national prominence
with blistering performances at the 1969
and 1970 Ann Arbor
Blues Festivals, wowing young rock fans
with his scorching
guitar solos and soulful vocals. He will
become the first
blues act to sign with Motown Records in
1971, subsequently
releasing three records for the
label. He will tour
nationally throughout the 1970s before
relocating to Paris
in the early 1980s where he will
continue to release albums
(many issued only in Europe) and tour
incessantly,
eventually becoming a European blues
superstar. He will join
the ancestors on August 12, 1997.
1960
- Gabon declares its independence from France.
1984
- Roberto Clemente becomes the second baseball player to be
featured on a U.S. postage stamp.
1988
- Butch Reynolds of the United States sets the 400 meter
record (43.29) in Zurich, Switzerland.
1990
- Pearl Bailey, Broadway actress and singer, joins the
ancestors at the age of 72 after
succumbing to a heart
attack in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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The source for these facts are "Encyclopedia Britannica,
"Before the
Mayflower", "Black Firsts" and independent
research by Mr. Rene’ A. Perry, Sr.
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