1780. A group of black taxpayers led by Paul Cuffe protest to the Massachusetts legislature against taxation without representation, demanding the right to vote.
1873. William Christopher Handy was born in Florence, Alabama. He grew up to be known as W.C. Handy, the “Father of the Blues”.
1930. Chinua Achebe was born in Ogidi, Nigeria. He became the most popular African writer of the modern era. His biggest works included "Things Fall Apart."
1963. Zina Garrison was born in Houston, Texas. She became a professional tennis player, winning 37 professional tennis titles, including an Olympic gold medal in 1988.
1967. Actress Lisa Bonet was born in San Francisco, California to a Jewish mother and a Black father. She is probably best known for her role on The Cosby Show, but also has a career as a film actress. She was married to and later divorced rocker Lenny Kravitz. The two have a daughter, Zoë.
1972. The Louisiana National Guard was mobilized after Denver A. Smith and Leonard Douglass Brown were killed by the Baton Rouge, LA, police during a confrontation between Blacks and the police on the campus of Southern University.
1975. Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears rushed for 105 yards in a game against the San Francisco '49ers. It was Payton's first game of 100 plus yards. He repeated this feat over 50 times throughout his career, even achieving two 200-yard games.
1992. Two police officers were charged with murder and one with manslaughter in the beating death of Malice Green, a 35-year-old Black man from Detroit, MI. Green was beaten 11 days earlier in an incident similar to the Rodney King beating
2001. Ibiagbanidokibubo Asenite Darego (Pictured above) became the first Black African woman to win the Miss World beauty pageant. Affectionately known as “Agbani,” The 18-year-old Nigerian was crowned in Sun City, South Africa.
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