TODAY IN OUR HISTORICITY Nat Turner, revolutionary freedom-fighter and leader of a slave revolt in Southampton County, VA, in which 60 white men, women and children had been killed was hanged, in Jerusalem, VA, on this date in 1831, for his involvement in the revolt. John Baxter Taylor, Jr. a member of the gold medal medley relay team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London becoming the first African American to win an Olympic Gold was born on this date in 1882. D. McCree patented the Portable Fire Escape on this date in 1890. A new constitution with a grandfather clause was adopted in Alabama on this date in 1901. This clause, designed to eliminate Black voters, passed with a vote of 108,613 to 81,734. In 1900, Alabama had 181,315 Black and 232,821 white eligible voters. Daniel Louis Satchmo Armstrong recorded the first of his Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings on this date in 1925. These recordings greatly influenced the direction of jazz music. James Rosamond Johnson, actor and co-composer of Lift Every Voice and Sing, died in New York City on this date in 1954. James Rosamond wrote the music and his brother, James Weldon, wrote the words to the song. 8 time champion Former Mr Olympia Lee Haney born in Spartanburg, South Carolina on this date in 1959. George R. Carruthers patented an Image Converter for detecting electromagnetic radiation on this date in 1969. The African nation of Angola was proclaimed independent on this date in 1975. Kristal Marshall is an American model, beauty queen, and professional wrestler on this date in 1983. Pilot Barrington Irving born in Jamaica. Irving is the youngest person and first black person first Jamaican American, and youngest person EVER to pilot a plane around the world solo on this date in 1983. Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr., civil rights leader and father of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., died on this date in 1984.
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