BLACK HISTORY CORNER

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1826 Alexander Clark one of the few African American Delegates at the 1872 and 1876 Republican National Convention and later US Ambassador to Liberia, was born in Pennsylvania.
1872 Ruth Ada Gaines-Shelton, educator and playwright (The Church Fight) was born in Glasgow, MO.
1874 Otelia Cromwell, first African American graduate of Smith College was born.
1879 J.R. Winter is awarded patent 214,224 for a fire escape ladder
1890 (Frank) Blukoi Blattner, Negro Baseball League player, was born in Oskaloosa, IA.
1892 Byron Kenneth Armstrong, founder of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. was born in Westfield, IN.
1899 Zephaniah Alexander Looby, assistant professor at Fisk University and one of the for African Americans elected to Nashville, Tennessee City Council, was born in Antique.
1920 Carmen McRae, singer was born in New York. NY.
1924 (Robert) Bob Mann, National Football League player, was born in New Bern, NC.
1931 Robert Lowery, blues singer and guitarist, was born in Shula, AR.
1933 Paul Jeffrey, jazz saxophonist and educator (Rutgers University) dies in North Carolina.
1935 Elmo Henderson, professional heavyweight boxer, was born in Corpus Christi, TX.
1936 Viola Davis Brown, first African American Director of Public Health Nursing (Kentucky) was born in Lexington, KY.
1937 Robert Woodson, Sr. founder of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, was born in Philadelphia, PA.
1938 Thomas Ezekiel Miller, one of fine African Americans elected to Congress from the South in the Jim Crow era dies in Charleston, SC.
1938 Kofi Atta Annan, United Nations Secretary General, was born in Kumasi, Gold Coast.
1938 Thomas Ezekiel Miller, Congressman from South Carolina, dies in Charleston, SC.
1941 Cléoma Falcon (Breaux) guitarist and vocalist (Cajun music) dies.
1941 (Jerome Louis) J.J. Jackson, singer (But It’s Alright) was born in Gillett, AR.
1941 Joshua Isaac Smith, chairperson of the Commission on Minority Business Development, was born in Loveland, OH
1941 (John J.) J. J. Jackson, one of MTV’’s original VJ was born in The Bronx, NY.
1942 Leon Huff, songwriter and record producer, was born in Camden, NJ.
1944 (James) Jimmy Walker, National Basketball Association player was born in Amherst, VA.
1945 Willy F. James, Jr., recipient of the Medal of Honor dies in Kia, Germany.
1946 Robert Louis Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET) was born in Hickory, MS.
1953 (Louis) Sweet Lou Dunbar, Harlem Globetrotters basketball play and director of player personnel, was born in Houston, TX.
1955 Ricky Lynn Bell, National Football League player, was born in Houston, TX.
1956 Tommie L. Green, National Basketball Association player, was born in Baton Rouge, LA.
1956 Christopher Allen Darden, prosecutor on the O.J. Simpson Case, was born in Martinez, CA.
1961 Mark Gregory Clayton, National Football League player, was born in Indianapolis, IN.
1963 Terry Porter, National Basketball Association player was born in Milwaukee, WI.
1964 Andrew Maynard, professional heavyweight boxer was born in Cheverly, MD.
1964 (Marcel Theo Hall) Biz Markie rap artist (Just A Friend) was born n Savage, MD.
1965 Erika Ranee Cosby, painter and adjunct art professor (daughter of Bill Cosby) was born in Los Angeles, CA.