*             Today in Black History - August 15             *

1824 - Freed American slaves establish a settlement in West Africa
 that will eventually become the country of Liberia.

1843 - The National Black Convention meets at Buffalo, New York,
 with some seventy delegates from twelve states.  The
 highlight of the convention will be a stirring address by
 Henry Highland Garnet, a twenty seven year old Presbyterian
 pastor who calls for a slave revolt and a general slave
 strike.  Amos G. Beman of New Haven, Connecticut, was
 elected president of the convention.

1900 - Riots erupt in New York City as a white plainclothes policeman
 is killed in a fight with an African American man. It is the
 fourth racial riot in the city's history.

1906 - At the second meeting of the Niagara Movement at Harpers
 Ferry, W.E.B. DuBois demands equal citizenship rights for
 African Americans, saying, "We will not be satisfied to take
 one jot or title less than our full manhood rights..."

1925 - Oscar Peterson is born in Montreal (Quebec), Canada.
 Classically trained in the piano, he will work with top
 Canadian jazz bands until 1949, when he will first appear in
 New York City's Carnegie hall. He will be recognized as a
 jazz innovator who forges a synthesis of bop and swing into
 his own unique style.

1931 - Roy Wilkins joins the NAACP as assistant secretary.

1931 - The Spingarn Medal is awarded to Richard B. Harrison for his
 Portrayal of the "Lawd" in "The Green Pastures."

1935 - Vernon Eulion Jordan, Jr,  is born. He will become a civil
 rights activist and the head of the National Urban League.

1938 - Maxine Waters is born in St. Louis, Missouri.  A longtime
 California state legislator, in 1990, she will be the second
 African American woman from California elected to the United
 States Congress.

1945 - Gene Upshaw is born.  He will become a professional football
 player and a guard for the Oakland Raiders.  He also will
 become the longtime president of the NFL Players Association.

1960 - The Republic of the Congo gains independence from France.

1962 - The Shady Grove Baptist Church is burned in Leesburg, Georgia.

1964 - A race riot occurs in Dixmoor, (a Chicago suburb) Illinois.

1964 - Ralph Boston of the United States, sets the long jump record
 at 27' 3".

1975 - Joanne Little acquitted of murder charges in the August 27,
 1974, killing of a white jailer. The defense said she
 stabbed the jailer with an ice pick after he made sexual
 advances.

1979 - Andrew Young resigns under pressure as U.N. ambassador after
 unauthorized meeting with representatives of the Palestine
 Liberation Organization.  His resignation creates a storm
 of controversy and divides the African American and Jewish
 communities.

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