*                   Today in Black History - August 3                   *

1832 - Edward Wilmot Blyden is born in St. Thomas, West Indies. By the age
        of 24, he will migrate to Liberia and become an established author
        of the pamphlets "A Voice from Bleeding Africa", in which he attacks
        slavery, and "A Vindication of the African Race." Throughout his
        life, he will be an advocate of African Americans returning to their
        ancestral homes.

1865 - The provisional governor of Florida abolishes slavery by proclamation.

1908 - A site plan for the town of Allensworth, California, is filed with
        the Tulare County recorder. The town is founded by African American
        Allen Allensworth, "in order to enable black people to live on an
        equity [basis] with whites and to encourage industry and thrift in
        the race."

1928 - William A. Scott, III, founds the "Atlanta World" newspaper.  It will
        become a bi-weekly in 1930 and on March 13, 1932, will become the
        "Atlanta Daily World," the first African American daily newspaper in
        modern times.

1956 - Willie Williams of the United States sets the then 100 meter record at
        10.1 seconds.

1957 - Archibald J. Carey, Chicago minister and attorney, is appointed the
        first African American chairman of the President's Committee on
        Government Employment Policy.

1960 - The Republic of Niger achieves its independence from France.

1970 - Two thousand delegates and observers attend the Congress of African
        Peoples convention in Atlanta, Georgia.

1972 - The Federal Communications Commission upholds a political candidate's
        right to broadcast paid commercials with racist content if such
        broadcast presents no danger of violence or incitement to violence.

1989 - Rickey Henderson sets American League mark of 50 stolen bases in nine
        seasons.

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