*             Today in Black History - November 14           *

1900 - In Washington, DC, a small group meets to form the 
	Washington Society of Colored Dentists. It is the 
	first society of African American dentists in the 
	United States. 

1915 - Booker T. Washington, educator, orator, and founder of 
	Tuskegee Institute, joins the ancestors on the 
	college's campus at the age of 59.  He was one the 
	most famous African American educators and leaders of 
	the 19th century, whose message of acquiring practical 
	skills and emphasizing self-help over political rights
	was popular among whites and segments of the African 
	American community.  His 1901 autobiography, "Up From 
	Slavery", which details his rise to success despite 
	numerous obstacles, became a best-seller and further 
	enhanced his public image as a self-made man.  As 
	popular as he was in some quarters, Washington was 
	aggressively opposed by critics such as W.E.B. Du Bois
	and William Monroe Trotter. 

1920 - The New York Times and Tribune call Charles Gilpin's 
	portrayal of Brutus Jones in "The Emperor Jones", a 
	performance of heroic stature.  Gilpin had premiered in 
	the play earlier in the month with the New York-based 
	Provincetown Players, which will influence his being 
	named one of the ten most important contributors to the 
	American theater of 1920 and the 1921 recipient of the 
	NAACP's Spingarn Medal. 

1934 - Ellis Marsalis is born in New Orleans, Louisiana.  After 
	high school, Marsalis will enroll at Dillard University 
	(New Orleans) and graduate with a Bachelor of Arts 
	degree in music education. Marsalis will eventually 
	become New Orleans' leading Jazz educator. He will 
	become a lecturer at Xavier University and an adjunct 
	teacher at Loyola University. Marsalis will enroll in 
	the graduate program at Loyola University and will 
	graduate with a Masters of Music Education.  Marsalis' 
	teaching career will flower at the New Orleans Center 
	for Creative Arts (NOCCA). Many of his former students 
	will be professional musicians locally as well as
	internationally. Three of his six sons, Branford, 
	Wynton	and Delfeayo as well as trumpeter Terence 
	Blanchard, saxophonist Donald Harrison and pianist 
	Harry Connick, Jr. will attain worldwide acclaim with 
	recording contracts on major labels.	

1934 - William Levi Dawson's Symphony No. 1, Negro Folk 
	Symphony, is the first symphony on black folk themes by 
	an African American composer to be performed by a major 
	orchestra.

1960 - Four African American girls are escorted by U.S. Marshals 
	and parents to two New Orleans schools being 
	desegregated.

1966 - Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) defeats Cleveland 
	Williams by TKO in the third round in front of Boxing's 
	largest indoor crowd, assembled in the Houston Astrodome.  
	He retains his world heavyweight title.

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