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TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND (Final Report) 1999/12/31 MdHR 991422 MdHR 991422, Image No: 226 Print image (57K) |
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TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND (Final Report) 1999/12/31 MdHR 991422 MdHR 991422, Image No: 226 Print image (57K) |
| 1903 Countee Cullen, poet, was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He wrote several volumes of poetry including Color (1925) Copper Sun (1927) and the Ballad of the Brown Girl (1927). He received the Witter Bynner Poetry Award in 1925. 1908 Thurgood Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland; became first African American appointed to United States Supreme Court. 1913 Juanita Jackson Mitchell, was born in Maryland; became the first African American woman to receive a law degree from University of Maryland School of Law. 1915 Billie Holliday, blues singer, was born in Baltimore, Maryland. During the 1930's, she appeared as a vocalist with such bands as Artie Shaw, Count Basie, and Paul Whiteman. She became known as "Lady Day" a name given to her by Lester Young a saxophonist with Count Basie. Several of her records have become classics in the field of blues including "God Bless the Child." 1920 T. Wallis Lansey founded the Ideal Building and Loan Association, encouraging African American home ownership. 1937 Violet Hill Whyte became the first African American police officer on the Baltimore Police Force. 1951 Henry Parks founded the Parks Sausage Company in Baltimore. 1954 Harry A. Cole, Emory E. Cole, and Truely Hatchett became the first African Americans elected to the General Assembly. 1961 Clifton Wharton, Sr., from Maryland, became the first African American ambassador for the United States. He was Ambassador of Norway. 1962 Senator Verda F. Welcome became the first African American woman to serve in a state senate in the United States. She was first elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1958, and in 1962 was elected to the senate. She served 20 years. 1966 George Russell became the first African American appointed to the Supreme Bench of Baltimore. 1966 Dr. Samuel Massie was appointed as the first African American professor at the U. S. Naval Academy. 1967 Thurgood Marshall was appointed to the Supreme Court. 1967 Victorine Q. Adams became the first African American woman elected to the Baltimore City Council. SS-76 |