DECEMBER 26
1966:Maulana Ron Karenga, today a professor of Africana Studies at California State University, Long Beach, establishes the holiday of Kwanzaa with a celebration lasting until Jan. 1, 1967. Karenga hoped that the holiday, with roots in African harvest celebrations, would foster a strong sense of African American community and culture.
1908: Jack Johnson becomes the first African American heavyweight boxing champion with a 14-round knockout of Canadian boxer Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia. Johnson, who brazenly defied Jim Crow laws in the United States, will defend his title against a string of white boxers, including James Jeffries, the “Great White Hope,” until Johnson finally loses a fight to Jess Willard in 1915.
1966: Jimi Hendrix writes the famous lyrics to “Purple Haze” while backstage in his dressing room at the Upper Cut Club in London. “Purple Haze” will be released as the lead single off the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s debut album, Are You Experienced, in the spring of 1967.
1908: Jack Johnson becomes the first African American heavyweight boxing champion with a 14-round knockout of Canadian boxer Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia. Johnson, who brazenly defied Jim Crow laws in the United States, will defend his title against a string of white boxers, including James Jeffries, the “Great White Hope,” until Johnson finally loses a fight to Jess Willard in 1915.
1966: Jimi Hendrix writes the famous lyrics to “Purple Haze” while backstage in his dressing room at the Upper Cut Club in London. “Purple Haze” will be released as the lead single off the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s debut album, Are You Experienced, in the spring of 1967.
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