365 Days of Black History - MAY 23RD 1832: Jamaican national figure Samuel Sharpe is hanged. Samuel was the slave leader behind the Jamaica Baptist War/Christmas slave rebellion of 1831. Sharpes originally peaceful protest became Jamaicas largest slave rebellion in which hundreds of slaves and 14 whites were killed. Military forces suppressed the rebellion within two weeks and the ringleaders were tried, convicted and hanged in 1932. Slavery was abolished across the British Empire in 1833. 1900: Sgt. William Harvey Carney was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery in the Battle of Fort Wagner/Morris Island becoming the first Black soldier to receive the coveted award. 1952: Former boxing champion Marvin Nathaniel Hagler better known as Marvelous Marvin Hagler is born in Newark, New Jersey. Marvin was the Undisputed World Middleweight Champion from 1980 to 1987, making his reign the second longest of the last century. In 1993 he was inducted into both the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame. 1973: Twelve-time nominated and four-time Grammy award winning neo-soul singer/songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist Maxwell is born Gerald Maxwell Rivera in Brooklyn, New York to Caribbean and Puerto Rican parents. He is regarded as one of the defining artists of the neo-soul movement of the late 1990s. More tomorrow...
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