TODAY IN OUR HISTORICITY The African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion Church of New York was dedicated on this date in 1800. John Merrick, co-organizer of North Carolina Mutual and Provident Life Insurance Company, was born a slave in Clinton, NC, on this date in 1859. Jacob Lawrence, artist, was born in Atlantic City, NJ, on this date in 1917. Lawrence became interested in painting at age 13. He is widely known for his "series" style of painting. This style consists of a group of paintings on a subject. Grammy Award winning jazz saxophone legend Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins born in New York City on this date in 1930. Blacks in Atlanta, GA, voted in a democratic mayoral primary for the first time on this date in 1949. Disco diva Gloria Gaynor born Gloria Fowles in Newark, New Jersey. She is best known for the hits "Never Can Say Goodbye" and the classic "I Will Survive" which won Gaynor the first and only Grammy Award for Best Disco Recording in 1980 on this date in 1949. Massive desegregation began in the Washington, DC, and Baltimore, MD, public schools on this date in 1954. 71st US Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats A Louise Brough (63 62) on this date in 1957. 72nd US Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene R Hard (36 61 62) on this date in 1958. Eric Eazy-E Wright, rapper was born on this date in 1963. Antonio McDyess, NBA forward (Phoenix Suns) was born on this date in 1974. Desmond Tutu becomes Anglican archbishop of Capetown on this date in 1986. Jocelyn Minnie Elders became the first Black U.S. Surgeon General on this date in 1993. Elders was also the first woman to hold this position. Tupac Shakur shot for the second time in Las Vegas. He would later die of the injuries on this date in 1996.
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