*              Today in Black History - September 12            *

1913 - James Cleveland Owens is born in Oakville, Alabama. He will be
        better known as Jesse Owens, one of the greatest track and
        field stars in history.  Owens will achieve fame at the 1936
        Summer Olympic Games in Berlin, where he will win four gold
        medals, dispelling Hitler's notion of the superior Aryan race
        and the inferiority of black athletes.  Among his honors will
        be the Medal of Freedom, presented to him by President Ford
        in 1976.

1935 - Richard Hunt is born in Chicago, Illinois.  A graduate of the
        Art Institute of Chicago, he will later study in Europe and
        be considered one of the leading sculptors in the United
        States.  His work will be shown extensively in the United
        States and abroad and his sculptures will be collected by the
        National Museum of American Art, the Whitney Museum of American
        Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of the
        Twentieth Century in Vienna.

1944 - Barry White, singer/songwriter ("I'm Gonna Love You Just A
        Little More Baby",  "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love Babe",
        "Love's Theme [with Love Unlimited Orchestra]; played piano
        on Jesse Belvin's "Goodnight My Love [1955]), is born in
        Galveston, Texas.

1947 - First African American baseball player in the major leagues,
        Jackie Robinson, is named National League Rookie of the Year.

1956 - African American students are barred from entering a Clay,
        Kentucky elementary school.  They will enter the school under
        National Guard protection on September 17.

1958 - The United States Supreme Court orders a Little Rock, Arkansas
        high school to admit African American students.

1964 - Ralph Boston of the United States, sets the long jump record
        at 27' 4".

1974 - Eugene A. Marino, SSJ, is consecrated as the first African
        American auxiliary bishop in the United States.  He assumes
        his duties as auxiliary bishop of Washington, DC.

1974 - Haile Selassie is deposed by military leaders after fifty-eight
        years as the ruling monarch of Ethiopia.

1977 - Black South African student and civil rights leader Steven Biko
        dies in police detention, triggering an international outcry.

1980 - Lillian Randolph, actress ("Amos 'n' Andy" - Madame Queen,
        "Roots"), dies at the age of 65.

1984 - Michael Jordan signs a seven-year contract to play basketball
        with the Chicago Bulls.   'Air' Jordan will become an NBA star
        for the Bulls and help make the team a dominant force in the
        NBA.

1984 - Dwight Gooden, of the New York Mets, sets a rookie strikeout
        record by fanning his 251st batter of the season.  He also
        leads the Mets to a 2-0 shutout over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1986 - The National Council of Negro Women sponsors its first Black
        Family Reunion at the National Mall in Washington, DC.  The
        reunion, which will grow to encompass dozens of cities and
        attract over one million people annually, is held to celebrate
        and applaud the traditional values, history, and culture of
        the African American family.

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