Summary
1811-White anti-slavery activist Harriet Beecher Stowe is born. Stowe was the author of one of the best selling books of 1852-Uncle Tom's Cabin. The book addressed the brutality of slavery and featured the character of "Uncle Tom"-a slave who, perhaps unfairly, came to symbolize the accommodating Black person who showed complete deference to whites. The book was such an indictment of slavery that when President Abraham Lincoln met Stowe he remarked, "You're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great (civil) war."
1969-The United States Supreme Court rules that the suspension of Harlem Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr. from the U.S. House of Representatives on alleged corruption charges was unconstitutional. Powell, who had first won election to Congress in 1945, was returned to the House but without his seniority. Powell had been one of the most powerful men in Congress. He had fought civil rights battles in New York and had followed his father as pastor of the city's influential Abyssinian Baptist Church. He often told Blacks "Mass action is the most powerful force on earth." He also frequently reminded his supporters to "Keep the faith, baby."1928-The "Godfather of Soul" James Brown was born on this day in Pulaski, Tenn. He was also referred to as "Soul Brother Number One" and "Mr. Dynamite" for his sensational dancing. Brown died in December of 2006.See the full content of this document
Extract
This Week in Black History
Week of June 14-20
June 141811-White anti-slavery activist Harriet Beecher Stowe is born. Stowe was the author of one of the best selling books of 1852-Uncle Tom's Cabin. The book addressed the brutality of slavery and featured the character of "Uncle Tom"-a slave who, perhaps unfairly, came to symbolize the accommodating Black person who showed complete deference to whites. The book was such an ind...See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
