BLACK HISTORY FACTS THAT HAPPEN ON THIS DATE, AUGUST 15TH: Henry Highland Garnet, a 27-year-old Presbyterian pastor, called for a slave revolt and general slave strike at the National Black Convention in Buffalo, NY, on this date in 1843. Roy Wilkins became Assistant Secretary of the NAACP on this date in 1931. Maxine Waters, the second Black Congresswoman from California, was born in St. Louis, MO, on this date in 1938. Yvonne Braithwaite Burke was the first Black Congresswoman from California. Cora M. Brown, the first Black woman elected to a state Senate, was appointed Special General Counsel of the U.S. Post Office Department on this date in 1957-the first Black female member of their legal staff. The African nation of Congo gained its independence on this date in 1960. The National Black Feminist Organization (NBFO) was formed in New York City on this date in 1973 with Michele Wallace, Faith Ringgold, Doris Wright, Margaret Sloan-Hunter, Flo Kennedy, and Eleanor Holmes-Norton among their co-founders. Andrew Young resigned under pressure as UN ambassador after unauthorized meeting with representatives of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Resignation created a storm of controversy and divided the Black and Jewish communities, in 1979. National Black convention met at Buffalo, New York, with some seventy delegates from twelve states, in 1843. The highlight of the convention was a stirring address by Henry Highland Garnet, a twenty-seven-year-old-Presbyterian pastor who called for a slave revolt and a general slave strike. Amos G. Beman of New Heaven, Conn., was elected president of the convention.
Posted on: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 15:58:01 +0000
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