*                  Today in Black History - January 24               *

 

1885 - Martin R. Delany joins the ancestors at the age of 72 in 

            Wilberforce, Ohio.  Delany served as a physician and was the 

            first commissioned African American officer in the Union Army 

            during the Civil War.  He also was a leader in the fight to 

            end racial job discrimination.  Delany encouraged African 

            Americans to seek their own identity and is considered by some

            historians to be the father of American Black nationalism.  He 

            is the author of "Search for a Place: Black Separatism and 

            Africa," and "The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and 

            Destiny of the Colored People in the United States."

 

1941 - Aaron Neville is born in New Orleans Louisiana. He will become 

            a rhythm and blues singer and will enjoy his first hit in 

            1967, "Tell It Like It Is."  He will win a Grammy for his 1990 

            single, a duet with Linda Ronstadt, "Don't Know Much." He will 

            become equally well known for performing vocals and keyboards 

            with the group The Neville Brothers, together with his three 

            musically accomplished siblings. Their albums, reflecting rock, 

            R&B, soul, and jazz influences, will be compiled in 

            "Treacherous: A History of the Neville Brothers, 1955-85" 

            (1986).

 

1977 - Howard T. Ward becomes Georgia's first African American Superior 

            Court Judge.

 

1985 - Four-term Los Angeles mayor Thomas Bradley is awarded the 

            NAACP's Spingarn Medal for his long career as a public servant 

            and for "demonstrating...that the American dream not only can 

            be pursued but realized."

 

1988 - Forty-eight African American writers and literary critics sign 

            a controversial statement that appears in "The New York Times 

            Book Review" supporting author Toni Morrison and protesting 

            her failure to win the "keystone honors of the National Book 

            Award or the Pulitzer Prize."

 

1989 - Reverend Barbara Harris' election as suffragan bishop is 

            ratified by the Diocese of Massachusetts.  Her election and 

            consecration occur amid widespread controversy regarding the 

            role of women bishops in the Episcopal Church.  She will be 

            the first female bishop in the church's 450-year history. 

 

1993 - Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court 

            Justice, joins the ancestors in Washington, DC.  He will be 

            buried in Arlington National Cemetery.  He was one of the 

            most well-known figures in the history of civil rights in 

            America and served on the Supreme Court for 24 years.


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