*                  Today in Black History - August 3             *

1832 - Edward Wilmot Blyden is born in St. Thomas, West Indies. By
        the age of 24, he will migrate to Liberia and become an
        established author of the pamphlets "A Voice from Bleeding
        Africa", in which he attacks slavery, and "A Vindication of
        the African Race." Throughout his life, he will be an advocate
        of African Americans returning to their ancestral homes.

1865 - The provisional governor of Florida abolishes slavery by
        proclamation.

1908 - A site plan for the town of Allensworth, California, is filed
        with the Tulare County recorder. The town is founded by African
        American Allen Allensworth, "in order to enable black people to
        live on an equity [basis] with whites and to encourage industry
        and thrift in the race."

1928 - William A. Scott, III, founds the Atlanta Daily World, the
        first African American daily newspaper in modern times

1956 - Willie Williams of the United States sets 100 meter record at
        10.1 seconds.

1957 - Archibald J. Carey, Chicago minister and attorney, is appointed
        the first African American chairman of the President's Committee
        on Government Employment Policy.

1960 - The Republic of Niger achieves its independence from France.

1970 - Two thousand delegates and observers attend the Congress of
        African Peoples convention in Atlanta, Georgia.

1972 - The Federal Communications Commission upholds a political
        candidate's right to broadcast paid commercials with racist
        content if such broadcast presents no danger of violence or
        incitement to violence.

1989 - Rickey Henderson sets American League mark of 50 stolen bases
        in nine seasons.

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        The source for these facts are "Encyclopedia Britannica,
        "InfoBeat," "I, Too, Sing America - The African American
        Book of Days," "Before the Mayflower", "Black Firsts" and
        independent research by the Information Man.
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