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Jack Johnson On July 4, 1910, A Boxing Match Billed As "The Fight Of The Century," Took Place Between Black Heavyweight Champion, Jack Johnson And White Challenger, James J. Jeffries, In Reno, Nevada. The Fight Was As Much An International, Political Happening As A Sporting Event. Jim Jefffries Came Out Of Retirement As "The Great White Hope," To Take Down The World's First Black Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Jack Johnson. Johnson Won The Heavyweight Title December 26, 1908, After Beating Tommy Burns In Sydney, Australia. When Jeffries Held The Title, He Refused To Fight Johnson, Feeling That Blacks Were "Unworthy" To Compete For Such A Prestigious Title. Johnson Knocked Jeffries Out In The 15th Round Of The Fight And Retained His Championship. White America Was Outraged While Black America Celebrated The Victory. This Led To A Backlash Of White-On-Black Rioting, In Which 11 African Americans Were Killed. "In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy,
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Charles Chesnutt
Author And Activist, Charles Waddell Chesnutt Received The NAACP's Spingarn Medal On This Date In 1928 For His "pioneer work as a literary artist depicting the life and struggle of Americans of Negro descent, and for his long and useful career as a scholar, worker and freeman in one of America's greatest cities." Chesnutt Was A Master Short Story Writer From Fayetteville, North Carolina. His Paternal Grandfather Was A White Slaveholder. Chesnutt, Himself, Looked White But Lived His Life As A "Voluntary Negro," A Term Applied To Fair-Skinned Blacks Who Willingly Embraced Their Blackness. Issues Of "Passing," Racial Identity And Mescegenation Would Be Recurring Themes In Chesnutt's Writings, Throughout His Career. Like Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Chesnutt Used Negro Dialect And Folklore In His Works. At Various Times He Worked As A School Teacher, School Principal, Court Stenographer, Journalist And Lawyer. In 1880 He Was Appointed Principal Of The Fayetteville Normal School, Known Today As Fayetteville State University. He Headed The School For Three Years Before Moving To Cleveland, Ohio. The University's Chesnutt Library, Was Named In His Honor. Charles Chesnutt Gained National Attention As A Writer When Houghton-Mifflin Published His Collection Of Seven Short Stories, The Conjure Woman, In March, 1899. He Also Wrote Nine Novels, Three Of Which Were Published -- The House Behind The Cedars (1900), The Marrow Of Tradition (1901) And The Colonel's Dream
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 Denmark Vesey
On July 2, 1882, Denmark Vesey, A Carpenter Of West Indian Origin, Was Hanged, Along With Five Co-conspirators, For Planning A Slave Rebellion.
For Four Years, Vesey, A Free Black, Had Been Organizing More Than 1,000 Slaves And Stockpiling Weapons And Ammunition, To Take Over Charleston, South Carolina On The Second Sunday In July, 1822.
Authorities Learned Of The Plot Before Hand, From Two House Slaves. In The End, 36 People Were Executed And Many Others Were Kicked Out Of The State.
The Vesey Conspiracy Disproved The Theory That Slaves Were Docile, Passive Beings Who Were Content With Their Situation.
"In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.
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 Walter F. WhiteWalter F. White Was Born July 1, 1893, In Atlanta Georgia.White Is Best Known For His Years As Executive Secretary Of The NAACP (1931 - 1955). He Joined The Organization In 1918, As Assistant Secretary Of The National Office In New York City. For Almost A Quarter Of A Century, He Was The Leading Voice Of Black America.Living In New York During The Roaring Twenties, He Became One Of The Harlem Renaissance's Most Prolific Writers. Not Only Did He Contribute His Own Innovative Writings, He Also Used His Power And Influence To Promote Other Black Artists.Two Of His Books Include Flight (1926) And The Autobiographical, A Man Called White (1948).White Was Awarded The NAACP's Spingarn Medal In 1937, For His Investigations Of Lynchings And Race Riots And For His "Remarkable Tact, Skill and Persuasiveness" In Lobbying To Enact A Federal Anti-Lynching Bill.During One Investigation In Tulsa, Oklahoma, The Light-Skinned White "Passed" So Successfully As A White Man, He Was Made Deputy Sheriff And Told,"Now You Can Go Out And Shoot Any Nigger You See And The Law'll Be On Your Side."Walter White Died March 21, 1955."In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.
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Lena Horne Entertainment Legend, Lena Horne, Was Born June 30, 1917 In Brooklyn, New York. Lena Horne Began Her Career At 16, As A Chorus Girl At The "Whites-Only" Cotton Club In Harlem. She Then Toured With Noble Sissle's Orchestra And Later Became The First African American To Front A White Band When She Sang With Charlie Barnet's Orchestra. Her Tunes Included "Stormy Weather," "Blues In The Night," "The Lady Is A Tramp" And "Mad About The Boy." During The 1940's Lena Horne Went From Dancer And Nightclub Singer To Hollywood Movie Star. She Was The Second Black Female After Madame Sul-Te-Wan, To Sign With A Major Film Studio. Her Films Include Panama HattieCabin In The Sky (1943), Meet Me In Las VegasDeath Of A Gunfighter (1969) And The Wiz (1978). She Was The Black Pin-Up Girl For Soldiers During World War II And When Entertaining The Troops For The USO, Refused To Perform "for segregated audiences or to groups in which German POWs were seated in front of African American servicemen." Horne Won A Tony Award In 1981 For Her Broadway Show, Lena Horne, The Lady And Her Music -- The Longest Running One-Woman Show On Broadway. She Was Also The Recipient Of The Kennedy Center's Lifetime Contribution To The Arts Award. "In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It. (1942), (1956),
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