BH EVERYDAY - the Ossie Davis/Walter Washington edition Love, Laugh, Donate Life - N. A. M. David Walker, abolitionist and author, was born on this date in 1785. Walker published his famous essay, Walkers Appeal to the Colored People of the World, on this date in 1829. The essay denounced slavery and called for Blacks to mobilize and rise up against it. Lemuel Haynes, Revolutionary War Veteran and the first Black minister to serve for a white congregation, died in Granville, NY, on this date in 1833. Three Baptists groups: the foreign Mission Convention of the United States, the American National Baptist Convention, and the Baptist National Education Convention, merged and established the National Convention at an Atlanta, GA, meeting on this date in 1895. George Alexander McGuire, was consecrated the first Bishop of the African Orthodox Church, on this date in 1921. Ossie Davis opened Purlie Victorious (a farce) on Broadway on this date in 1961. Walter Washington took office as the first mayor of Washington, DC, on this date in 1967. Miles Davis, trumpeter extraordinaire, died in Santa Monica, CA, on this date in 1991. The National Civil Rights Museum officially opened on this date in 1991. The museum is at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. Venus and Serena Williams won the Olympic Gold Medal in womens doubles tennis in Sidney, Australia, on this date in 2000. With this win, Venus became the only woman to win gold in singles and doubles since 1924. BIRTHDAYS Ben E. King, R&B legend Pauletta Washington, actress Johnny Dawkins, Basketball legend & coach Irving Fryar, NFL legend Young Jeezy, rap star
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