*		Today in Black History - September 26            *

1867 - Maggie Lena Walker is born in Richmond, Virginia.  She will
	become a noted businesswoman, civil leader, and founder 
	and president of Saint Luke Penny Savings Bank.  As a 
	result, she will be the first woman president of a bank in
	America.

1907 - The People's Savings Bank is incorporated in Philadelphia, 
	Pennsylvania.  Founded by former African American 
	congressman George H. White, of North Carolina, the bank 
	will help hundreds of African Americans buy homes and 
	start businesses until the illness of its founder forces 
	its closure in 1918.

1937 - Bessie Smith joins the ancestors in Clarksville, Mississippi,
	after succumbing to injuries sustained in car crash.  She 
	was one of the nation's greatest blues singers and was 
	nicknamed "the Empress of the Blues." In 1925, Smith and 
	Louis Armstrong made the definitive rendition of W.C. 
	Handy's "St. Louis Blues," and in 1929 she made her only 
	movie appearance in the movie of the same name.

1957 - The order alerting regular army units for possible riot duty
	in other Southern cities is cancelled by Army Secretary 
	Wilbur M. Brucker.

1962 - A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., becomes the first African 
	American member of the Federal Trade Commission.  It is one
	of the Trenton, New Jersey, native's many accomplishments,
	including appointment as a federal district judge and U.S. 
	Circuit Judge of the Third Circuit.

1962 - Los Angeles Dodger Maury Wills becomes the 1st baseball 
	player to steal 100 bases (will go on to steal 104).

1962 - Mississippi bars James Meredith for the third time.  Lt. Gov.
	Paul Johnson and a blockade of state patrolmen turn back 
	Meredith and federal marshals about four hundred yards from
	the gate of the school.

1968 - The Studio Museum of Harlem opens in New York City.  
	Conceived by Frank Donnelly and Carter Burden, the Studio 
	Museum will become an influential venue for exhibitions of 
	African American artists in all media.

1968 - St. Louis Cardinals' Bob Gibson's completes his 13th shutout,
	and ends the season with a 1.12 ERA.

1994 - Addressing the U.N. General Assembly, President Clinton 
	announces that he has lifted most U.S. sanctions against 
	Haiti and urges other nations to follow suit.

1994 - Jury selection begins in Los Angeles for the murder trial of
	O.J. Simpson.

1998 - Grammy-winning jazz singer Betty Carter joins the ancestors
	in New York City at age 69.

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