*              Today in Black History - November 24           *

 

1868 - Scott Joplin, originator of ragtime music, is born in 

            Texarkana, Texas. 

 

1874 - Robert B. Elliott is elected Speaker of the lower house 

            of the South Carolina legislature.

 

1880 - Southern University is established in New Orleans, 

            Louisiana.

 

1880 - More than 150 delegates from Baptist Churches in eleven 

            states organize the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention 

            of the United States at a meeting in Montgomery, 

            Alabama. The Rev. William H. McAlphine is elected 

            president.

 

1883 - Edwin Bancroft Herson is born in Washington, DC. He will 

            become a pioneering physical education instructor, 

            coach, and organizer of the Negro Athletic Association, 

            and the Colored Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association. 

            Inducted into the Black Sports Hall of Fame in 1974, he

            will be widely considered "the Father of Black Sports."

 

1935 - Ronald V. Dellums is born in Oakland, California.  He 

            will become a Berkeley city councilman, where he will be 

            a vocal champion for minority and disadvantaged 

            communities.  In 1970, he will stage a successful 

            campaign for the 9th district seat in the U.S. House of

            Representatives.  Among his leadership roles will be 

            Chairman of the District of Columbia Committee. 

 

1938 - Oscar Robertson is born in Charlotte, Tennessee.  He will 

            attend the University of Cincinnati, where he will be a 

            two-time NCAA Player of the Year and three-time All-

            American.  He will go on to play for fourteen years in 

            the NBA (Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks) and earn 

            All-NBA honors 11 times and lead the Royals and the Bucks 

            to ten playoff berths.  Robinson, along with Lew Alcinder 

            (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), will lead the Bucks to their only 

            NBA Championship.  Robertson will conclude his career 

            with 26,710 points (25.7 per game), 9,887 assists (9.5 

            per game) and 7,804 rebounds (7.5 per game).  He will be 

            voted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979, following 

            his retirement in 1974 and be voted one of "The 50 

            Greatest Players in NBA History".


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