*                  Today in Black History - May 2                    *

1844 - Elijah McCoy, who will become a master inventor, holder of over
        50 patents, is born in Colchester, Ontario, Canada.  Elijah McCoy
        was the inventor of a device that allowed machines to be lubricated
        while they were still in operation. Machinery buyers insisted on
        McCoy lubrication systems when buying new machines and would take
        nothing less than what became known as the "real McCoy." The
        inventor's automatic oiling devices became so universal that no
        heavy-duty machinery was considered adequate without it, and the
        expression became part of America culture.

1920 - The first game of the National Negro Baseball League (NNL) is
        played in Indianapolis, Indiana.  The NNL was formed earlier
        in the year by Andrew "Rube" Foster and a group of African
        American baseball club owners to combat prejudice and
        further enjoyment of the game.

1968 - The Poor People's March, led by Ralph D. Abernathy, begins as
        caravans from all over the country leave for Washington, DC.,
        to protest poverty and racial discrimination.

1992 - Los Angeles begins a massive cleanup and rebuilding effort
        after three days of widespread civil unrest.  The April 29
        acquittal of four police officers in the 1991 beating of
        motorist Rodney G. King fueled perceptions of unequal justice
        for African Americans and sparked multiracial violence that
        resulted in unprecedented figures of 58 deaths, over 2,000
        injuries, over 600 fires, $1 billion in property damage and
        spread to San Francisco, Las Vegas, Seattle, Atlanta,
        Madison (Wisconsin), and Toronto.

1999 - Reverend Jesse Jackson, who leads a group of religious leader to
        the country of Serbia, obtains the release of three American Army
        prisoners of war, Staff Sgt. Andrew A. Ramirez, 24, of Los Angeles;
        Spc. Steven M. Gonzales, 21, of Huntsville, Texas; and Staff Sgt.
        Christopher J. Stone, 25, of Smiths Creek, Mich. at 4:45 EST.

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