TODAY IN OUR HISTORICITY Mary McLeod Bethune, educator, civil rights leader, and founder of Bethune-Cookman College and the National Council of Negro Women, was born in Mayesville, SC, on this date in 1875. Bethune was honored with the unveiling of a National Monument on the grounds of the Capitol in Washington, DC, on this date in 1974. Noble Sissle, a pioneer jazz figure, was born in Indianapolis, IN, on this date in 1889. Sissle and Eubie Blake wrote Shuffle Along, a pioneer musical featuring Josephine Baker, Florence Mills, Caterina Jarboro, William Grant Still, and Hal Johnson. David Norman Dinkins born in Trenton, N.J. Dinkins became the first black mayor of New York City, serving from 1989 to 1993 on this date in 1927. Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, famed jazz composer and pianist, died in Los Angeles, CA, on this date in 1941. Arthur Ashe, the first Black male tennis player to win Wimbledon, was born in Richmond, VA, on this date in 1943. Martin Luther King Jr arrested during demonstration in Georgia on this date in 1962. James Thomas was elected Bishop of the predominantly white Iowa district of the Methodist Church on this date in 1964. Bahamas declares Independence from UK & adopts constitution on this date in 1973.
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