*                   Today in Black History - July 18                *

1753 - Lemuel Haynes, colonial American Congregational clergyman, is
        born.  In 1785, Haynes, 32, is ordained to a church in
        Torrington, Connecticut, making him the first African American
        to pastor a white congregation.   He also becomes the first
        African American to receive an honorary degree (M.A.) from a
        White college (Middlebury College), in 1804.  Lemuel Haynes
        also will serve in the Continental Army during the American
        Revolution.

1863 - The 54th Massachusetts Volunteers charge Fort Wagner in
        Charleston, South Carolina.   Although the Union forces suffer
        great losses, Sergeant William H. Carney of Company C exhibits
        bravery in battle by maintaining the colors high despite three
        bullet wounds.  Although cited for bravery, it will take 37
        years for Carney to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor
        for his actions.

1899 - Patent number 629,286 is issued to L.C. Bailey for a folding
        bed.

1905 - Granville T. Woods patents railway brakes.

1918 - Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is born near Umtata in Transkei,
        South Africa in the Eastern Cape, into the royal family of the
        Tembu, a Xhosa-speaking tribe.   A leader in the African
        National Congress (ANC), he is imprisoned for 26 years for
        opposing apartheid and will become the first Black African
        President of South Africa on May 10, 1994 (Inauguration Date).

1941 - Martha Reeves is born.  She will become a singer and will form
        a group, "Martha and the Vandellas."  Some of the groups' hits
        will be "Power of Love," "Heat Wave," "Quicksand," "Dancing
        in the Street," "Nowhere to Run," "Jimmy Mack," and "Come and
        Get These Memories."

1951 - Jersey Joe Walcott, at age 37, becomes oldest boxer to date, to
        win the World Heavyweight Championship knocking out Ezzard
        Charles in five rounds.

1959 - William Wright becomes the first African American to win a
        a USGA title, the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship.  He
        is 23 and a senior at Western Washington University.

1964 - Racially motivated disturbances occur in Harlem in New York City.
        The civil unrest will last until July 22 and will spread into
        Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.

1970 - Willie Mays gets his 3,000th base hit.

1998 - The "Spirit of Freedom Memorial" and "Theme Park" is unveiled
        in Washington, DC to honor the U. S. Colored Troops, who fought
        in the U.S. Civil War.

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