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Birthdays Of Famous African Americans For Sept 28
1. David Walker, He published “David Walker’s Appeal” on his 44th Birthday. Walker is not recognized in school textbooks for his contribution to ending chattel slavery in the United States, yet many historians and liberation theologians cite Walker’s Appeal as an influential political and social document of the 19th century. They credit Walker for exerting a radicalizing influence on the abolitionist movements of his day and beyond.
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“They think because they hold us in their infernal chains of slavery, that we wish to be white, or of their color – but they are dreadfully deceived – we wish to be just as it please our Creator to have made us, and no avaricious and unmerciful wretches, have any business to make slaves of, or hold us in slavery.”
— The Appeal, Article 1, p. 14
2. Houston Stackhouse (Houston Goff), a pivotal figure on the Southern blues scene from the 1930s through the 1960s, having worked with numerous significant blues musicians during that period, mentoring more than a few. He was a familiar figure in the small country juke joints, mainly in Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee, and was highly respected among his fellow musicians.
4. Koko Taylor (Cora Walton), Chicago Based Blues Songstress (Wang Dang Doodle), She was known primarily for her rough, powerful vocals and traditional blues stylings. She is known for her top 10 R&B hit “Wang Dang Doodle,” written by Willie Dixon.
5. Kenny Kirkland, Jazz Pianist and Keyboardist. He is most often associated with Sting, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, and Kenny Garrett.
6. Todd Anthony Shaw, better known by his stage name Too $hort, is a rapp artist who started his career at the age of fourteen in Oakland, California. Too $hort has sold about 11 million albums in the US alone with 17 albums released and an average of 600,000 copies per album.
7. Sean Levert, (Levert) Rhythm and Blues Artist. Levert was born in Cleveland, Ohio and is the son of Eddie Levert, the lead singer of The O’Jays. He formed the trio LeVert with older brother Gerald Levert and childhood friend Marc Gordon; together they scored several hits on the R&B charts in the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1995, Sean launched a solo career with the album The Other Side on Atlantic Records. The album yielded the charting singles “Put Your Body Where Your Mouth Is” and “Same One” that same year. Sean and Gerald Levert appeared in the film New Jack City (1991) Sean also played a part in the direct-to-video Dope Case Pending (2000).
8. Raymond “Razor” Emery, Professional ice hockey goaltender. Emery has played with the Anaheim Ducks during the 2010-2011 season, Philadelphia Flyers and the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL) and Atlant Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He has been awarded multiple honors. Emery led the Ottawa Senators to the Stanley Cup finals in 2007, making it the Senators first trip to the finals since 1927.
Events In African American History For Sept 20
1. In 1664, Maryland enacted first anti-amalgamation law to prevent widespread intermarriage of English women and Black men. Other colonies passed similar laws: Virginia, 1691; Massachusetts 1705; North Carolina, 1715; South Carolina, 1717; Delaware, 1721; Pennsylvania, 1725.
2. In 1830, First National Negro Convention is held in Philadelphia consisting of Free Men which agreed to boycott slave-produced goods.
3. In 1958, Martin Luther King Jr. stabbed in chest by a deranged Black woman while he was autographing books in a Harlem department store. Woman was placed under mental observation.
4. In 1960, The Twist by Chubby Checker, is the #1 pop single
5. In 1962, James H. Meredith Denied Admission to University, Governor Barnett personally denied James H. Meredith admission to the University of Mississippi.
6. In 1984, The Cosby Show premieres on NBC-TV, The Cosby Show, television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show “was TV’s biggest hit in the 1980s, and almost single-handedly revived the sitcom genre. Originally, the show had been pitched to ABC, which rejected it. The show spawned the spin-off A Different World, which ran for six seasons from 1987 to 1993.
7. In 1987, Alfre Woodard wins an Emmy for outstanding guest performance in the dramatic series L.A. Law. It is her second Emmy award, her first having been for a supporting role in Hill Street Blues in 1984.
Events In African American History For Sept 19
1. In 1865, Atlanta University was founded
2. In 1881, Booker T. Washington opens Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
3. In 1893, E. R. Robinson Received Patent for Electric Railway Trolley
4. In 1943, Actor and activist, Paul Robeson, portrays Othello for the 296th time at New York City’s Shubert Theater.
5. In 1947, Jackie Robinson is named 1947 (Rookie of the Year)
6. In 1956, 1st Intl conference of Black Writers & Artists meets (Paris)
7. In 1967, Nigeria begins offensive against Biafra
8. In 1986, (Captain EO) with Michael Jackson premieres
9. In 1989, First issue of Emerge magazine goes on sale.
10. In 1989, Gordon Parks’ film The Learning Tree is registered in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.
Birthdays Of Famous African Americans For Sept 13
1. Alain LeRoy Locke, writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. He is best known for his writings on and about the Harlem Renaissance. He is regarded as the “Father of the Harlem Renaissance”. His philosophy served as a strong motivating force in keeping the energy and passion of the Movement at the forefront.
2. Leon (Chu) Berry, Swing Jazz Saxophonist, Berry graduated from Lincoln High School, in Wheeling, then attended West Virginia State College, near Charleston, for three years. His sister played piano and Chu became interested in music at an early age, playing alto saxophone at first with local bands. He was inspired to take up the tenor sax after hearing Coleman Hawkins on tour. Although Berry based his style on Hawkins’ playing, the older man regarded Berry as his equal, saying “‘Chu’ was about the best.” was affiliated with Cab Calloway from 1937 to 1941
3. Charles Brown, blues singer and pianist whose soft-toned, slow-paced blues-club style influenced the development of blues performance during the 1940s and 1950s. He had several hit recordings, including “Driftin’ Blues” and “Merry Christmas Baby”.
4. Nell Carter, an American singer, and film, stage, and television actress. She won a Tony Award for her performance in the Broadway musical Ain’t Misbehavin’, as well as an Emmy Award for her reprisal of the role on television. She also received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her starring role in the long-running 1980s sitcom Gimme a Break!.
5. Joni Sledge, Member of Sister Sledge a musical group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 1972 and consisting of four sisters
6. Tavis Smiley, Radio-TV personality, talk show host, author, political commentator, entrepreneur, advocate and philanthropist. He worked during the late 1980s as an aide to Tom Bradley, the mayor of Los Angeles. Smiley became a radio commentator in 1991, and starting in 1996 he hosted the talk show BET Talk (later renamed BET Tonight) on BET. Smiley began hosting The Tavis Smiley Show on NPR from 2002 to 2004 and currently hosts Tavis Smiley on PBS on the weekdays and “The Tavis Smiley Show” from PRI. Most recently, he and close friend Dr. Cornel West have joined forces for their own radio talk show, “Smiley & West”. They were featured together interviewing musician Bill Withers in the 2009 documentary film Still Bill.
7. Bernie Williams, Major League Baseball player. At a young age Williams played classical guitar as well as baseball. He was also active in track and field, winning medals at an international meet at the age of 15. He was one of the world’s best 400-meter runners for his age. break into the majors in 1991. become the regular Yankees center fielder by 1993. In 1995 He hit 18 home runs and led the team in runs, hits, total bases and stolen bases.
8. Tyler Perry, is an actor, director, playwright, screenwriter, producer, author, and songwriter. Perry wrote and produced many stage plays in the South during the 1990s and early 2000s. In 2005, he released his first film,Diary of a Mad Black Woman. In 2009, Perry was ranked by Forbes magazine as the sixth highest-paid man in Hollywood.
Written by Johnny B. Moore
on March 12, 2018
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