November 28th in Black History:
1753. Celebrated as the birth date of James Robinson, an enslaved Black man who fought at Brandywine and Yorktown and was decorated by General Lafayette. He also served in the War of 1912. Robinson had been promised freedom for his military service, but was re-enslaved after the wars. Robinson died a free man at the age of 115, after the Civil War was over.
1928. Berry Gordy Jr. Is born in Detroit, MI.
1960. Author/activist Richard Wright died of a heart attack in Paris, France.
1961, Ernest R. Davis, the “Elmira Express” from Syracuse University, becomes the first Black athlete to be awarded the Heisman Trophy.
1997. Coleman Young died of Emphysema at age 79. He had been Detroit’s first Black mayor, and had been elected to an unprecedented 5 consecutive terms.
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