The path that would eventually take Brown to Broadway and acclaim, began at the old Frederick Douglass High School on Dolphin Street, where she was a student of the legendary music teacher W. Llewellyn Wilson, who also had instructed Cab Calloway.
On this day in Black History…
In 1865, Henry Highland Garnet (December 23, 1815 – February 13, 1882) an African American abolitionist and orator becomes the first black minister to preach to the United States House of Representatives.
In 1900, For a Lincoln birthday celebration, James Weldon Johnson writes the lyrics for “Lift Every Voice and Sing”. With music by his brother, J. Rosamond, the song is first sung by 500 children in Jacksonville, Fla. It will become known as the “Negro National Anthem”.
In 1903, American baritone opera singer Todd Duncan, the first performer of the role of Porgy in Porgy and Bess, is born in Danville, Kentucky. Duncan would be the first African American to sing with a major opera company and the first black person to sing in an opera all white cast, when he performed the role of Tonio in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci with the New York City Opera.
Beaufort County Sheriffâs Office searching for man wanted in January shootout Robert Steed Jr. (Source: Beaufort County Sheriff s Office) By Live 5 Web Staff | February 9, 2021 at 5:32 PM EST - Updated February 9 at 5:32 PM
BURTON, S.C. (WCSC) -Beaufort County deputies are asking for information about a man in connection with a shootout at a Burton gas station.
Robert Steed Jr., 21, fled from the Shell Food Mart on Trask Parkway after being involved in the shootout, deputies say.
The Sheriffâs Office says Steed Jr. was still in possession of an assault rifle when he fled and have obtained warrants for his arrest for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and aggravated breach of peace.