*            Today in Black History - November 23          *

1867 - The Louisiana constitutional convention (forty-nine 
	white delegates and forty-nine African American 
	delegates) meets in Mechanics Institute in New 
	Orleans, Louisiana.

1897 - J.L. Love receives a patent for the pencil sharpener. 

1897 - Andrew J. Beard receives a patent for the "jerry 
	coupler," still is use today to connect railroad 
	cars.

1905 - Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physician, is named 
	minister to Haiti.  He will be the last African 
	American minister to Haiti during this period in 
	history.

1934 - "Imitation of Life" premieres in New York City. Starring 
	Claudette Colbert, Louise Beavers, and Fredi Washington, 
	it is the story of a white woman and an African American 
	woman who build a pancake business while the latter's 
	daughter makes a desperate attempt to pass for white. 

1944 - Eugene Washington is born in LaPorte, Texas.  He will become a 
	professional football player, playing wide receiver. He will 
	play for the Minnesota Vikings (1967–1972) and the Denver 
	Broncos (1973–1974). He will wear #84 for Minnesota and Denver.
	He will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 
	2011.

1965 - Mike Garrett, a University of Southern California 
	running back with 4,876 total yards and 3,221 yards 
	rushing, is announced as the Downtown Athletic Club's 
	Heisman Trophy winner of 1965. He is the University of 
	Southern California's first Heisman Trophy winner.  He 
	will go on to play eight years in the pros, first with 
	the Kansas City Chiefs and later with the San Diego 
	Chargers, and be elected to the National Football Hall 
	of Fame in 1985. 

1980 - One thousand persons from twenty five states gather in 
	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and form the National Black 
	Independent Party.

1988 - Al Raby, the civil rights leader who convinced Martin 
	Luther King, Jr. to bring his movement to Chicago, 
	joins the ancestors succumbing to a heart attack. 
          
1988 - South African President Pieter Botha gives a reprieve 
	to the Sharpeville Six.

1991 - Evander Holyfield retains the heavyweight boxing title, 
	by KO over Bert Cooper in the seventh round.

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