*                 Today in Black History - January 9                 *

1866 - Fisk College is established in Nashville, Tennessee.  Rust 
	College is established in Holly Springs, Mississippi.  
	Lincoln University is established in Jefferson City, 
	Missouri. 

1901 - Edward Mitchell Bannister joins the ancestors in Providence, 
	Rhode Island. Challenged to become an artist after reading a 
	newspaper article deriding African Americans' ability to 
	produce art, he disproved that statement throughout a 
	distinguished art career.

1906 - Poet and author, Paul Laurence Dunbar, joins the ancestors 
	after succumbing to tuberculosis. Dunbar was so talented and 
	versatile that he succeeded in two worlds.  He was so adept 
	at writing verse in Black English that he became known as the
	"poet of his people," while also cultivating a white audience 
	that appreciated the brilliance and value of his work.  
	"Majors and Minors" (1895), Dunbar's second collection of 
	verse, was a remarkable work containing some of his best 
             poems in both Black and standard English.  When the 
             country's reigning literary critic, William Dean Howells 
             reviewed "Majors and Minors" favorably, Dunbar became 
             famous.  And Howells' introduction in "Lyric of Lowly Life" 
             (1896) helped make Dunbar the most popular African American 
             writer in America at the time.

1914 - Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded at Howard University.  

1935 - Earl G. Graves is born in Brooklyn, New York.  He will become
	president and chief executive officer of Earl G. Graves, Ltd., 
	the publisher of "Black Enterprise" magazine, a successful
	entrepreneur, and one of the strongest advocates for
	African American business.

1942 - Joe Louis knocks out Buddy Baer in the first round in the 20th 
	title defense of his world heavyweight title in New York City.

1946 - Lyric poet, Countee Cullen joins the ancestors in New York City 
	at the age of 42.  His several volumes of poetry include 
	"Color" (1925); "Copper Sun" (1927); "The Black Christ" (1929);
	and "On These I Stand" (published posthumously, 1947), his 
	selection of poems by which he wished to be remembered.  
             Cullen also wrote a novel dealing with life in Harlem, "One 
             Way to Heaven" (1931), and a children's book, "The Lost Zoo" 
             (1940). 

1958 - The University of Cincinnati's Oscar Robertson scores 56 points
	against Seton Hall University, whose team total is 54 points.

1965 - Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues is born in Baltimore, Maryland.  He will
	become a high school standout at Paul Lawrence Dunbar High, 
             on same team that produced first round draft picks Reggie 
             Williams	and the late Reggie Lewis along with former Hornets 
             teammate David Wingate.  He will play college basketball at 
             Wake Forest (where his jersey #14 will be retired) and 
             become a NBA guard with the Charlotte Hornets and Golden 
             State Warriors.  All these accomplishments and only five feet 
             three inches tall. 

1967 - The Georgia legislature, bowing to legal decisions and national 
	pressure, seats state Representative Julian Bond, a critic of 
	the Vietnam War.

1970 - After 140 years of unofficial racial discrimination, the Mormon 
	Church issues an official statement declaring that Blacks were 
	not yet to receive the priesthood "for reasons which we 
	believe are known to God, but which He has not made fully 
	known to man."

1989 - Time, Inc. agrees to sell NYT Cable for $420 million to Comcast
	Corporation, Lenfest Communications, and an investment 
              group led by African American entrepreneur J. Bruce 
              Llewellyn.  It is the largest cable TV acquisition by an African 
              American.

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