1932
Pan-African Chronology
Pan-African Chronology
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January 5
*Johnny Adams, a blues, jazz and gospel singer, known as "The Tan Canary", was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
January 15
*Cleven Goudeau, an award-winning cartoonist, was born in Hillister, Texas.
January 26
*Clement Dodd, a Jamaican record producer known for "finding" Bob Marley, was born in Kingston, Jamaica.
February 2
*Duke Ellington and his orchestra first recorded the classic jazz tune "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)."
February 16
*Alhaji Ahmad Kabbah, the third President of Sierra Leone, was born in Pendembu, Kailahun District, Sierra Leone.
February 24
*Brazil gave women the right to vote.
March 4
*Miriam Makeba, a South African singer and civil rights activist, was born in Prospect Township, Johannesburg, South Africa.
*Johnny Adams, a blues, jazz and gospel singer, known as "The Tan Canary", was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
January 15
*Cleven Goudeau, an award-winning cartoonist, was born in Hillister, Texas.
January 26
*Clement Dodd, a Jamaican record producer known for "finding" Bob Marley, was born in Kingston, Jamaica.
February 2
*Duke Ellington and his orchestra first recorded the classic jazz tune "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)."
February 16
*Alhaji Ahmad Kabbah, the third President of Sierra Leone, was born in Pendembu, Kailahun District, Sierra Leone.
February 24
*Brazil gave women the right to vote.
March 4
*Miriam Makeba, a South African singer and civil rights activist, was born in Prospect Township, Johannesburg, South Africa.
March 12
*Civil rights leader Andrew Young was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Young became the first African American United Nations ambassador and Mayor of Atlanta.
April 2
*Bill Pickett, one of the most famous performing cowboys of his day, died (April 2). Publicly acclaimed by President Theodore Roosevelt, Pickett performed throughout Europe and the United States, where he was often assisted by two young European American cowboys, Tom Mix and Will Rogers.
April 4
*Charles Powell, a professional football player, was born.
April 17
*Haile Selassie announced an anti-slavery law in Abyssinia (Ethiopia).
May 2
*The United States Supreme Court decided Nixon v. Condon.
May 20
*James Miley, an early jazz trumpet and cornet player who was a collaborator of the young Duke Ellington, died on Welfare Island, New York.
May 25
*K. C. Jones, a professional basketball player and coach, was born in Taylor, Texas.
May 29
*Alan Shorter, a free jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player, and the older brother of Grammy winning composer and saxophone player Wayne Shorter, was born in Newark, New Jersey.
June 7
*Harold Floyd "Tina" Brooks, a hard bop, blues and funk tenor saxophonist and composer, was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
June 21
*O.C. Smith (b. Ocie Lee Smith), a rhythm and blues and jazz recording artist, was born in Mansfield, Louisiana. His recording of "Little Green Apples" went to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968 and sold over one million records.
*Major Taylor, a champion cyclist, died in Chicago, Illinois.
July 4
*Otis Young, the second African American to co-star in a television western, was born in Providence, Rhode Island.
July 12
*Otis Davis, the 1960 Olympic 400 meter run champion, was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
July 16
April 17
*Haile Selassie announced an anti-slavery law in Abyssinia (Ethiopia).
May 2
*The United States Supreme Court decided Nixon v. Condon.
May 20
*James Miley, an early jazz trumpet and cornet player who was a collaborator of the young Duke Ellington, died on Welfare Island, New York.
May 25
*K. C. Jones, a professional basketball player and coach, was born in Taylor, Texas.
May 29
*Alan Shorter, a free jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player, and the older brother of Grammy winning composer and saxophone player Wayne Shorter, was born in Newark, New Jersey.
June 7
*Harold Floyd "Tina" Brooks, a hard bop, blues and funk tenor saxophonist and composer, was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
June 21
*O.C. Smith (b. Ocie Lee Smith), a rhythm and blues and jazz recording artist, was born in Mansfield, Louisiana. His recording of "Little Green Apples" went to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968 and sold over one million records.
*Major Taylor, a champion cyclist, died in Chicago, Illinois.
July 4
*Otis Young, the second African American to co-star in a television western, was born in Providence, Rhode Island.
July 12
*Otis Davis, the 1960 Olympic 400 meter run champion, was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
July 16
*Poet Mari Evans was born in Toledo, Ohio. Her most famous works would include I Am a Black Woman and Nightstar: 1973-78.
July 21
*Ernest Warlick, a tight end for the American Football League Champion Buffalo Bills of 1964 and 1965, was born in Hickory, North Carolina.
August 7
*Abebe Bikila, the 1960 and 1964 Olympic marathon champion, was born in Jato, Abyssinia.
July 21
*Ernest Warlick, a tight end for the American Football League Champion Buffalo Bills of 1964 and 1965, was born in Hickory, North Carolina.
August 7
*Abebe Bikila, the 1960 and 1964 Olympic marathon champion, was born in Jato, Abyssinia.
August 21
*Melvin Van Peebles, a motion picture producer and director, was born in Chicago. His films include Watermelon Man, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasss Song, and Putney Swope.
October 2
*Maury Wills, a professional baseball player who stole a then Major League Baseball record 104 bases in 1962, was born in Washington, D. C.
October 2
*Maury Wills, a professional baseball player who stole a then Major League Baseball record 104 bases in 1962, was born in Washington, D. C.
October 5
*Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, the first African-American congresswoman from California and the first woman to chair the Congressional Black Caucus, was born in Los Angeles, California.
October 12
*Comedian and civil rights activist Richard "Dick" Gregory was born in Saint Louis, Missouri.
October 16
October 20
*Roosevelt Brown, an offensive lineman for the National Football League New York Giants who was ranked 57 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players, was born in Charlottesville, Virginia.
November 7
*The United States Supreme Court decided Powell v. Alabama, overturning the convictions of the Scottsboro Boys.
October 16
*Henry Lewis, the first African American conductor of a leading American symphony orchestra, was born in Los Angeles, California.
*Roosevelt Brown, an offensive lineman for the National Football League New York Giants who was ranked 57 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players, was born in Charlottesville, Virginia.
November 7
*The United States Supreme Court decided Powell v. Alabama, overturning the convictions of the Scottsboro Boys.
November 8
*Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected President of the United States, promising a "New Deal" to all in the Depression-ridden nation.
November 15
*Clyde McPhatter, a singer who founded the Drifters singing group and who became the first double inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, was born in Durham, North Carolina.
November 15
*Clyde McPhatter, a singer who founded the Drifters singing group and who became the first double inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, was born in Durham, North Carolina.
*Charles Chesnutt, an author best known for his novels and stories exploring complex issues of racial and social identity in the post-Civil War South, died in Cleveland, Ohio.
December 5
*Rhythm and blues singer "Little Richard" Penniman, a formative figure in rock 'n' roll music, was born in Macon, Georgia.
December 17
*German was made an official language in South-West Africa (Namibia) alongside English and Afrikaans.
December 27
*South Africa forbade all export of gold.
December 28
*Nichelle Nichols, an actress who gained fame playing Lieutenant Uhura in the original Star Trek television series and movies, was born in Robbins, Illinois.
Date Unknown
December 17
*German was made an official language in South-West Africa (Namibia) alongside English and Afrikaans.
December 27
*South Africa forbade all export of gold.
December 28
*Nichelle Nichols, an actress who gained fame playing Lieutenant Uhura in the original Star Trek television series and movies, was born in Robbins, Illinois.
Date Unknown
*In Brazil, Manoel dos Reis Machado, commonly called Mestre Bimba, founded the first capoeira school in 1932, the Academia-escola de Cultura Regional, at the Engenho de Brotas in Salvador, Bahia.
Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art with its roots originating in Angola and the Congo, that combines elements of dance, acrobatics, and music. It is usually referred to as a game. It was developed in Brazil mainly by West Africans, beginning in the 16th century. It is known for quick and complex moves, using mainly power, speed, and leverage for a wide variety of kicks, spins, and highly mobile techniques.
The most widely accepted origin of the word capoeira comes from the Tupi words ka'a ("jungle") e pûer ("it was"), referring to the areas of low vegetation in the Brazilian interior where fugitive slaves would hide. Practitioners of the art are called capoeiristas.
Previously, capoeira was only practiced and played on the streets. However, capoeira was still heavily discriminated against by upper-class Brazilian society. In order to change the pejorative reputation of capoeira and its practitioners as devious, stealthy and malicious, Bimba set new standards for the art.
Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art with its roots originating in Angola and the Congo, that combines elements of dance, acrobatics, and music. It is usually referred to as a game. It was developed in Brazil mainly by West Africans, beginning in the 16th century. It is known for quick and complex moves, using mainly power, speed, and leverage for a wide variety of kicks, spins, and highly mobile techniques.
The most widely accepted origin of the word capoeira comes from the Tupi words ka'a ("jungle") e pûer ("it was"), referring to the areas of low vegetation in the Brazilian interior where fugitive slaves would hide. Practitioners of the art are called capoeiristas.
Previously, capoeira was only practiced and played on the streets. However, capoeira was still heavily discriminated against by upper-class Brazilian society. In order to change the pejorative reputation of capoeira and its practitioners as devious, stealthy and malicious, Bimba set new standards for the art.
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