November 23rd

November 23rd in Black History:




1733. In one of the most successful slave uprisings in the Caribbean, a group of Akan captives takes over the island of St John. After attempts by the Danes, British, and French, the revolution is finally defeated six months later.

http://stjohnbeachguide.com/Slave%20Rebellion.htm



1887. In one of the bloodiest labor disputes in history, Louisiana militias murder hundreds of striking Black sugar cane workers.

http://libcom.org/library/us-thibodaux-massacre-1887



1897. John Lee Love receives a patent for an improved pencil sharpener.

http://inventors.about.com/od/lstartinventors/a/John_Lee_Love.htm



1943. Andrew Goodman was born in New York City. He was a Jewish-American civil rights activist who along with his friends, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, was murdered by a white mob in Mississippi in 1964.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAgoodmanA.htm

1973. Representative Yvonne Burke, first Black woman to represent the West Coast in Congress became the first member of Congress to give birth while in office when her daughter, Autumn Roxanne Burke, was born.

http://baic.house.gov/member-profiles/profile.html?intID=123



1977. Rhodesian armed forces launched a raid on a ZANU (Zimbabwe African National Union) guerrilla camp in Mozambique, in which more than one thousand people were killed.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200911200015.html




1980.    The National Black Independent Party was established in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania



1988. South African President P. W. Botha granted a reprieve to the Sharpeville Six, who had been condemned to death.

http://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/24/world/blacks-spared-death-in-pretoria.html



2002. Muslim youths opposed to the Miss World contest in Nigeria rioted and left 215 people dead in the city of Kaduna, forcing the contest to move from Nigeria to London.