*		Today in Black History - March 13		   *

1779 - Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, an explorer of African descent, 
	from Santo Domingo (Haiti), builds the first permanent 
	settlement at the mouth of the river, just east of the present 
	Michigan Avenue Bridge on the north bank, of what is now the 
	city of Chicago, Illinois.

1861 - Jefferson Davis signs a bill authorizing the use of slaves as 
	soldiers in the Confederate army.

1862 - Congress forbids Union officers and soldiers from aiding in the 
	capture and return of fugitive slaves, ending what one 
	historian called the "military slave hunt."

1869 - Arkansas legislature passes anti-Ku Klux Klan legislation.

1914 - James Reese Europe explains the significance of his Clef Club 
	Symphony Orchestra, consisting of the best African American 
	musicians in New York City: "... we colored people have our 
	own music that is a part of us.  It's the product of our 
	souls; it's been created by the sufferings and miseries of our 
	race."

1918 - John Rhoden is born in Birmingham, Alabama.  An art student who 
	will study with Richmond Barthe' and at Talledega College, 
	Rhoden's sculptures will have strong romantic and classical 
	elements.  He will receive commissions for Harlem Hospital and 
	Metropolitan Hospital in New York City, exhibit his work at 
	the Atlanta University annuals, the Art Institute of Chicago, 
	and the Whitney Museum and be represented in museums in the 
	United States and Europe.  Among his major works will be 
	"Safari," "Eve," and "Quarter Horse." He will join the ancestors
	on January 4, 2001.

1930 - Richard Allen "Blue" Mitchell is born in Miami, Florida. The 
	trumpeter will make his name as a member of Horace Silver's 
	Quintet. From 1974, he will play as a soloist or as an 
	accompanist for Tony Bennett and Lena Horne. He will join the 
	ancestors on May 21, 1979 succumbing to cancer.

1932 - The "Atlanta World" becomes the first African American daily 
	newspaper in modern times, when it begins daily publication.  
	It was founded on August 3, 1928, by William A. Scott, III 
	and became a bi-weekly in 1930.

1943 - Frank Dixon becomes the first great African American miler in 
	track as he wins the Columbian Mile in New York City.  Dixon 
	runs the mile in the record time of 4 minutes, 9.6 seconds. 

1946 - Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African 
	American to command an United States Air Force base, when he 
	assumes command of Lockbourne Air Force Base in Ohio.

1961 - Floyd Patterson knocks out Ingemar Johannson to retain the 
	heavyweight boxing championship.

1984 - James L. Usry is elected the first African American mayor of 
	Atlantic City, New Jersey.  He will serve as mayor until 1990.  
	A former member of the Harlem Globetrotters, he became an 
	educator before entering politics.

1999 - Evander Holyfield, the WBA and IBF champion, and Lennox Lewis, 
	the WBC champion, keep their respective titles after fighting 
	to a controversial draw in New York.

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