TODAY IN BLACK HISTORY Selected Black Facts for January 7 1. 2002 - Shirley Franklin is sworn in Shirley Franklin is sworn in as the first African American Mayor of Atlanta and the only African American female mayor of a major American city. Share this Fact! 2. 1986 - Howard Beach Incident White teens in Howard Beach chased Michael Griffith, an African-American youth, onto a freeway where he was hit by a motorist. Griffith died from his injuries setting off a wave of protests and racial tensions in New York. Share this Fact! 3. 1955 - Marian Anderson made debut at Metropolitan Opera Marian Anderson made debut at Metropolitan Opera House as Alrica in Verdis Masked Ball. She was the first Black singer in the companys history. Share this Fact! 4. 1950 - The James Weldon Johnson Collection opens at Yale The James Weldon Johnson Collection opens at Yale University. It includes the papers of Johnson, Langston Hughes, W.E.B. Du Bois, Richard Wright, Jean Toomer, Zora Neale Hurston, and many writers of the Harlem Renaissance. Share this Fact! 5. 1901 - Writer, Zora Neale Hurston was born, 1901 Writer, Zora Neale Hurston was born, 1901 Share this Fact! 6. 1891 - Zora Neale Hurston, writer/anthropologist born Zora Neale Hurston ANTHROPOLOGIST, FOLKLORIST & WRITER Birthplace: Eatonville, Florida. January 7, 1891 - January 28, 1960 Zoras parents were John Hurston and Lucy Potts Hurston. Her mother died when she was a child. In 1917, she moved from Eatonville to Baltimore, Maryland due to some problems at home. Sh... Share this Fact! 7. 1890 - W.B. Purvis patented the fountain pen W.B. Purvis patented the fountain pen Share this Fact! 8. 1868 - Mississippi constitutional convention Mississippi constitutional convention (seventeen Blacks, eighty-three whites) met in Jackson. Share this Fact! 9. 1868 - Arkansas constitutional convention Arkansas constitutional convention (eight Blacks, forty-three whites) met in Little Rock. Share this Fact! 10. 0 - Ethiopian Christmas Celebration, Genna Ethiopian Christmas Celebration of Genna
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