Fifty-one Blacks reported lynched in 1913.
Chinua Achebe of Nigeria was one of the most famous 20th Century African writers. He published his first novel Things Fall Apart in 1958 and has since published four more novels and a series of short stories, essays, and other literature. Much of Achebe’s work focuses on the themes of colonialism, post-colonialism, and the tumultuous political atmosphere in post colonial Nigeria.
Len Wein died today
Albert Chinualumogu Achebe was born on November 16, 1930 at St. Simons Church, Nneobi, Nigeria to a father who was a Christian teacher and missionary. Achebe was very heavily influenced by his native Igbo culture in Eastern Nigeria as well as his father’s desire for all his children to earn their education. Throughout his schooling Achebe was consistently at the top of his class and twice completed two grades within a year. In 1948 Achebe began his university career by attending University College in Ibadan which was affiliated with the University of London (UK). While at University College, Chinua Achebe switched his major from Medicine to English and History.
Chinua Achebe graduated in 1954 and left to teach at the Merchant of Light School in Eastern Nigeria. After four months he was offered and accepted a job at the Nigerian Broadcasting Service as the senior broadcasting officer of the Eastern Region. It was during this time that his first novel was published. Achebe also met his future wife, Christie Chinwe Okoli, a co-worker at the Nigerian Broadcasting Service. The two married September 10, 1961.
Jayson Williams is a retired professional basketball player who played for the Chicago Bulls. Born on September 10, 1981, he grew up in New Jersey where he attended St. Joseph High School. He was a good sportsman at high school and played basketball and soccer. He also excelled at chess, and was nicknamed “Jay Dubbs”. He graduated from high school in 1999, and then enrolled at college. He played junior varsity soccer in his freshman year, along with varsity volleyball and basketball. In basketball, he was selected to the First Team All-State and was named the New Jersey Player of the Year, Parade All American and USA Today first team All American. He also participated in the McDonald’s Slam Dunk Contest, in which he scored 20 points. Williams received the 1999 Morgan Wootten Award for his achievements in basketball as well as maintaining a 3.6 Grade Point Average.
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Stephanie Tubbs Jones was a Democratic Representative of the state of Ohio. She was born on September 10, 1949 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio and attended the county’s public schools before getting her bachelor’s degree in social work from Case Western Reserve University in 1971. She also earned a Jurist Doctorate from Case Western Reserve University Law School in 1974.
Wells was born on September 10, 1779 on the island of St.
John Roy Lynch, congressman, soldier, and author was born in Concordia Parish, Louisiana on September 10, 1847 to Patrick Lynch, an Irish immigrant and Catherine White, a slave.
Death of Mordecai Johnson (86), first Black president of Howard University, in Washington.
Sep 10, 1913 : Cleveland Call & Post established.