*                   Today in Black History - August 5                    *

1763 - William Richmond is born free on Staten Island, New York.  One of
        the first African Americans to attempt winning a title in any
        sport, Richmond will travel to England to fight, among others,
        boxing champion Tom Cribb in a losing effort.

1864 - John Lawson, an African American gunner on the flagship of Admiral
        David Farragut, exhibits marked courage in the Battle of Mobile
        Bay and wins the Congressional Medal of Honor.

1865 - President Andrew Johnson moves to reverse the policy of distributing
        abandoned land to freedmen.

1892 - Harriet Tubman receives a pension from Congress for her work as a
        nurse, spy, and scout during the Civil War.   She, along with
        Sojourner Truth, Susie King and almost 200 other African American
        women, served as nurses during the war at 11 hospitals in three
        states.

1900 - James Augustine Healy, the first African American Roman Catholic
        bishop, joins the ancestors in Portland, Maine.  He is the brother
        of Patrick Francis Healy, the first African American to receive a
        Ph.D. and first African American president of a predominantly
        white university (Georgetown University).

1936 - Jesse Owens wins his third gold medal by running a 200-meter race
        in 20.7 seconds at the Olympic Games held in Berlin, Germany.

1938 - James Cone, who will become an articulate scholar and author on
        black theology, is born in Fordyce, Arkansas.

1938 - Ja'net DuBois, actress on "Good Times'" Willona Woods, and "Beverly
        Hills 90210's" Arlene, is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1962 - Nelson Mandela is charged with incitement and illegally leaving
        South Africa.

1962 - Patrick Ewing,  NBA center, 3-time All-American, NBA Rookie of the
        Year with New York Knicks in 1986, is born.

1966 - Martin Luther King, Jr. is stoned by hecklers during a Chicago,
        Illinois civil rights march.

1968 - Senator Edward Brooke is named the temporary chairman of the
        Republican National Convention in Miami, Florida.

1984 - Track and field stars Evelyn Ashford and Edwin Moses win Gold
        medals in the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California.

1992 - Federal civil rights charges are filed against four Los Angeles
        police officers acquitted of state charges in the videotaped
        beating of Rodney King.  Two of the officers will be convicted
        later of federal charges of violating King's civil rights.

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