*                  Today in Black History - May 8              *

1771 - Phillis Wheatley sails for England. Two years later, her book of
        poetry, "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral," will be
        published in London.

1858 - John Brown holds an antislavery convention, which is attended by
        twelve whites and thirty-four African Americans, in Chatham, Canada.

1858 - "The Escape," first play by an African American, is published by
        William Wells Brown.

1915 - Henry McNeal Turner dies in Windsor, Canada. He was an influential
        minister in the AME Church and was appointed the first African
        American chaplain in the U.S. Army.

1917 - An African American, Jesse Washington, is burned alive in a public
        square in Waco, Texas.  Fifteen thousand will look on in the incident
        known later as the "Waco Horror."

1925 - A. Philip Randolph organizes the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
        after failing to integrate the American Federation of Labor.

1932 - Sonny (Charles) Liston, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion from 1962
        to 1964, is born in St. Frances County, Arkansas.  He will be
        inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991.

1958 - President Eisenhower orders federalized National Guard troops removed
        from Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

1965 - The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians is founded
        by Muhal Richard Abrams.

1967 - Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in the U.S. Army.

1971 - Joe Frazier defeats Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden.

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