TODAY IN OUR HISTORICITY John Willis Menard became the first Black elected to Congress on this date in 1868. Menards election victory over a white candidate in Louisianas Second District was contested and he was not seated. J. H. Hunter patented the Portable Weighing Scales on this date in 1896. Louis Wade Sullivan, President of the Morehouse School of Medicine, was born in Atlanta, GA, on this date in 1933. Irvin Charles Mollison, the first Black federal judge in the continental United States, was appointed U.S. Customs Court Judge in New York City by President Truman on this date in 1945. Boxer Larry Holmes born in Cuthbert, Georgia. Holmes would win the heavyweight title in 1970 and defend it some 21 times on this date in 1949. Actor Michael Evans born in Salisbury, North Carolina. Evans is best known for his potrayal of Lionel Jefferson on All in the Family and the spin-off The Jeffersons. Evans was also a co-creator of the show Good Times. Ralph Carters character Michael Evans was named after him on this date in 1949. The Caribbean island nation of Dominica (not to be confused with the Dominican Republic) declares independence from Britain on them on this date in 1973. In an anti-Klan rally in Greensboro, NC, five people were killed as Klansmen fired on them on this date in 1979. The Rev. Jesse Jackson announced his candidacy for President of the United States on this date in 1983. Kurt Lidell Schmoke, won his bid for mayor of Baltimore, MD, on this date in 1987. Carol Mosley Braun became the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate on this date in 1992. The Illinois Senator became only the second Black Senator of the 20th century. The Supreme Court upheld Californias Proposition 209 on this date in 1997. Under the guise of a civil rights bill, wording used by its proponents, the Proposition virtually eliminated Affirmative Action in California.
Posted on: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 03:26:08 +0000
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