Via: Baltimore Sun A portion of Cold Spring Lane will be closed Friday after a large water main broke. The 1900 block of E. Cold Spring Lane, between Hillen and Harford roads closed at 2 pm and crews intend to continue to work throughout the evening.
Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. (1905 – 1987) 1898 – Born on the 9th of August in Orangeburg, South Carolina. 1921 – He graduated from Lincoln University (Pennsylvania). 1932 – He became active in the Democratic Party as a committeeman. 1934 – He became a special assistant deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania. 1958 – He […]
Malcolm X (Macolm Little) May 19,1925 – February 21,1965 ~1925 born Malcolm Little on May 19, in Omaha, Nebraska. ~1929 The family’s Lansing, MI, home is burned to the ground. ~1946 Malcolm is sentenced to 8-10 years for armed robbery; serves 6 ½ years at Charlestown, MA State Prison. 1948-49 Converts to the Nation of […]
Born William Theodore Ribbs, Jr., born January 3, 1956, in San Jose, CA; also known as Willy T. Ribbs qualified for the 75th Indianapolis 500 on May 19, 1991, becoming the first black person ever to participate in the famed motor race. As if to maximize the drama, Ribbs landed his spot in the competition […]
The Rev. Al Sharpton visited Baltimore on Monday to seek support for a plan to develop a new arts district in the city to honor Africa- American cultural achievements. WOLB1010 AM radio show host Larry Young said that has been trying to make things happen for the past 25 yrs. A proposal by the African-Amercian […]
Mary McLeod Bethune (1875–1955) 1875 – Born July 10, 1875 in Mayesville, South Carolina. 1904 – Mary McLeod Bethune biography: Mary Bethune founded the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute for Negro Girls in 1904, as well as a notable speaker on subjects of child welfare, education, and home ownership. Oct 3, 1904 – On October […]
Harry Thacker Burleigh, (1866-1949) ~ Harry Thacker Burleigh, composer, pianist, and singer, received the 3rd NAACP Spingarn Medal for his achievements in creative music on this date in 1917. ~ He was the first African-American composer acclaimed for his concert songs as well as for his adaptations of African-American spirituals. ~ He was an accomplished […]
Joe Gans (November 25, 1874 – August 10, 1910) – Was born Joseph Gant in Baltimore, Maryland. – Gans was rated as the greatest lightweight boxer of all time by boxing historian and Ring Magazine founder, Nat Fleischer and was known as the “Old Master”. – He started boxing professionally about 1891 in Baltimore. In […]
Science Teacher Fired for Beating Up Student, 13 Date: Thursday, May 13, 2010 By: BlackAmericaWeb.com A teacher at a Houston charter school has been captured on video beating a student. A fellow student at Jamie’s House Charter School used her cell phone camera to capture 40-year-old science instructor Sheri Lynn Davis physically attacking 13-year old […]
Bob Marley February 1945 – Robert Nesta Marley is born at Nine Miles, St. Ann’s, Jamaica. Son of Norval Sinclair Marley, a fifty-something Liverpool-born captain in the British Army, and the teenage Cedalla Booker. This birthdate is believed to be the correct although no birth certificate has ever been found. December 1962 – Marley, having […]