Today in OUR story - October 26 * 1868 - White terrorists kill several African Americans in St. Bernard Parish, near New Orleans, Louisiana. 1868 - B.F. Randolph, state senator and chairman of the state Republican party, is assassinated in broad daylight at Hodges Depot in Abbeville, South Carolina. 1911 - Mahalia Jackson is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Known as the Gospel Queen, Jackson will become instrumental in the popularization of gospel music and songs. Jacksons traditional gospel audiences transcended beyond African American churchgoers through her recordings, radio performances and concert tours in America and abroad. Her recordings will sell millions of copies. She will join the ancestors on January 27, 1972. 1919 - Edward William Brooke III is born in Washington, DC. After serving in World War II and obtaining a law degree from Boston University, he will be elected attorney general of the State of Massachusetts and serve a term of four years before being elected to the United States Senate as a Republican in 1966, the first African American Senator elected since Reconstruction. In the Senate, Brooke will oppose President Nixons policies in Southeast Asia, advocate low-income housing, and oppose quotas to meet affirmative action goals. Among his awards will be the NAACPs Spingarn Medal in 1967. 1921 - Solomon Porter Hood is named minister to Liberia. 1934 - At a New York City conference, representatives of the NAACP and the American Fund for Public Service plan a coordinated legal campaign against segregation and discrimination. Charles H. Houston, Vice-dean of the Howard University Law School, is named director of the NAACP legal campaign. 1950 - Walter E. Chuck Foreman is born in Frederick, Maryland. He will become a star running back for the Minnesota Vikings. He will be NFC Rookie of the Year in 1973 and NFC Player of the Year in 1974 and 1976. He will also play in losing efforts in Super Bowls VIII, IX, and XI. 1951 - William Collins is born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He will become a rhythm and blues performer and bandleader known as Bootsy Collins. He will form his first group, the Pacesetters, in 1968. From 1969 to 1971, the group will function as James Browns backup band and will be dubbed the JBs. In 1972, Bootsy will join George Clintons Parliament/Funkadelic. He will launch Bootsys Rubber Band as a spin-off of P-Funk in 1976. He will record with Warner Brothers from 1976 through 1982. After a six year hiatus, he will sign with Columbia Records in 1988 and actively record into the 1990s. 1951 - Joe Louis is defeated by Rocky Marciano in the eighth round in a bout at Madison Square Garden. 1962 - Louise Beavers, who starred in more than 100 films, including Imitation of Life, The Jackie Robinson Story, and Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, joins the ancestors in Los Angeles, California. 1970 - Following 3 1/2 years of forced isolation from boxing, Muhammad Ali returns to the ring and beats Jerry Quarry in Atlanta, Georgia. 1976 - Trinidad & Tobago becomes a republic. 1977 - Dr. Clifford R. Wharton Jr. is named chancellor of the State University of New York. 1980 - Ten African American Roman Catholic bishops issue a pastoral letter asserting that the Church must seize the initiative to share the gift of our blackness with the Church in the United States.
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