*                Today in Black History - September 19            *

1865 - Atlanta University is founded.

1868 - White Democrats attack demonstrators, who were marching from
        Albany to Camilla, Georgia, and kill nine African Americans.
        Several whites were wounded.

1931 - Brook (Benjamin Franklin) Benton (Peay) is born in Camden, South
        Carolina.  He will amass 16 gold records and be best known for
        the songs "A Rainy Night in Georgia" and "It's Just a Matter of
        Time."

1945 - Freda Payne is born in Detroit, Michigan.  She will become a
        singer whose hits will include "Band of Gold" in 1970.

1947 - Larry Brown, Washington Redskins' runningback (third NFL player
        to rush over 4,000 yards in his first four seasons), is born.

1956 - The first international conference of Black Writers & Artists
        meets at the Sorbonne, in Paris, France.

1965 - Debbye Turner, Miss America in 1990, is born.

1981 - More than 300,000 demonstrators from labor and civil rights
        organizations protest the social policies of the Reagan
        administration in Solidarity Day march in Washington, D.C.

1989 - Gordon Parks's film "The Learning Tree" is selected among the
        first films to be registered by the National Film Registry of
        the Library of Congress.  The National Film Registry was
        formed by an act of Congress the previous year to recognize
        films that are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically
        significant."  Parks's 1969 movie joins other classic films
        such as "Casablanca", "Gone With the Wind", and "The Wizard
        of Oz".

1989 - The first issue of Emerge magazine goes on sale.  Emerge,
        founded by Wilmer C. Ames, Jr., covers domestic and
        international news and issues from an African American
        perspective.

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