BH EVERYDAY The seventh day of Kwanzaa, Imani, which means faith, is observed by many Blacks on this date annually. Jean Jacques Dessalines proclaimed the independence of Haiti on this date in 1804. A federal law went into effect banning the importation of new slaves into the United States on this date in 1808. William Lloyd Garrison published the first issue of the Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper, on this date in 1831. Lincoln University, the oldest historically Black university in the United States, was incorporated as Ashmun Institute in Oxford, PA, on this date in 1854. The Emancipation Proclamation was given on this date in 1863. President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the freedom of all slaves. Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History, published the first issue of the Journal of Negro History on this date in 1916. The African nation of Sudan gained its independence on this date in 1956. The African nation of Cameroon gained its independence on this date in 1960. David Dinkins is sworn in as the first African American mayor of New York City in 1990. The prison of Nelson Mandela and other South Africans is turned into a museum on the island of Robbin Island in 1997. Kofi Annan of Ghana is the first Black secretary of the United Nations in 1997. BIRTHDAYS Morris Chestnut, actor Glen Big Baby Davis, NBA star Sophie Okonedo, actress Grand Master Flash, Rap legend Eddie Lacy, NFL star Tank, R&B star
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