Almost 20 great reasons to end the week on a bang, including the 1st Black neurosurgeon, the 1st Black Governor since Reconstruction, a basketball great announces retirement, and the NFL takes away the Super Bowl from a state that refuses to honor a holiday. Friday, Nov. 7th: 1) Lord Dunmore, deposed royal governor of Virginia, issued proclamation which promised freedom to male slaves who joined the British army, 1775 2) Elijah Lovejoy, newspaperman, killed defending his newspaper from a pro-slavery mob, 1837 3) Edward Bannister, 1st Black artist to win wide critical acclaim, awarded prize at Philadelphia Centennial Exposition for his work, Under the Oak, 1876 4) Meharry Medical College established at Central Tennessee College, 1876 5) Edward A. Bouchet received the Ph.D. degree in physics at Yale University and became the 1st Black to receive a doctorate at an American University, 1876 6) Arthur L. Mitchell, becomes the 1st Black Democratic congressman (Illinois), after defeating Republican Oscar Depriest in a Chicago election, 1934 7) Alexa Canady, who at age 30 became the 1st Black female neurosurgeon in the United States. She will become one of the finest neurosurgeons in the country, and be highly esteemed for her outstanding ability as a pediatric surgeon and researcher. born in Michigan, 1950 8) Supreme Court in Baltimore case banned segregation in public recreational facilities, 1955 9) Elston Howard, catcher for the New York Yankees became 1st Black to win the American League Most Valuable Player (MVP) award, 1963 10) Carl Stokes of Cleveland, Ohio, and Richard Hatcher of Gary, Indiana, become the first African American mayors of these major United States cities, 1967 11) Barbara Jordan is elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming 1st Black woman to represent a previously Confederate state in Congress, 1972 12) David Dinkins elected 1st Black mayor of New York City, 1989 13) L. Douglas Wilder elected governor of Virginia, becoming the 1st Black Governor in the US since Reconstruction, 1989 14) The National Football League withdraws its plans to hold the 1993 Super Bowl in Phoenix due to Arizonas refusal to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.s birthday, 1990 15) Rock legend Jimi Hendrix was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 1991 16) Los Angeles Lakers superstar Magic Johnson announces his retirement from professional basketball after learning he has tested positive for the AIDS virus, 1991 17)Tiger Woods becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953, to win four straight tournaments, 1999 18) Former Heavyweight Champion, Smokin Joe Frazier, succumbs to liver cancer at the age of 67. Winner of 27 out of 32 fights, Frazier only lost 4 times in his career, twice to George Foreman and twice to Muhammad Ali, 2011
Posted on: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 00:07:37 +0000
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