Notes on my favorite topics: Activism, History, Politics, Social Justice, Sociology, and my all time favorite. . . Travel.
Well, unless the Republicans cheat or just outright still this election too, by tomorrow morning we will be calling these two President Elect and Mrs. Obama. This video clip is the type of positive Black family moments we will be able to get accustomed to.
Posted by Ms. K.T. at Tuesday, November 04, 2008
1916 - John E. Bush, former slave and later teacher, died on this day but not before being appointed receiver of the US Land Office in Little Rock, AR.
1917 - Thirteen Black soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot.
1917 - Spingarn Medal presented to Harry T. Burleigh, composer and singer, for excellence in the field of music.
1917 - Jazz migration began. Joe Oliver left New Orleans and settled in Chicago and was joined by other stars.
1926 - Blues singer Willlie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton, born.
1928 - Lewis Latimore died on this day in Flushing, NY on this day. Employed as a chief draftsman, Mr. Latimore makes the drawings for Alexander Graham Bell's telephone.
1961 - U.S. Supreme Court reversed conviction of sixteen sit-in students who had been arrested in Baton Rouge.
1961 - Langston Hughes' musical, Black Nativity, opened on Broadway.
1964 - Sam Cooke died after a brief physical struggle with a woman who shot him 3 times.
1980 - George Rogers is awarded the Heisman Trophy.
If you don't know who someone is, take the time to look them up. Knowledge is POWER
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