*		Today in Black History - May 20		*

1746 - Francois-Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture is born into
	slavery in Haiti.  He will lead the revolution in his 
	country against French and English forces to free the 
	slaves.  Although he will nominally rule in the name 
	of France, he will in actuality become political and 
	military dictator of the country.  His success in 
	freeing the slaves in Haiti caused his name to become 
	the biggest influence in the slave cabins of the 
	Americas.  His name will be whispered in Brazil, in the
	Caribbean, and the United States.

1868 - The Republican National Convention, meeting in Chicago,
	nominates U.S. Grant for the presidency.  The convention
	marks the national debut of African American politicians.
	P.B.S. Pinchback of Louisiana and James J. Harris were 
	delegates to the convention.  Harris will be named to the
	committee which informed Grant of his nomination.  
	African Americans also serve for the first time as 
	presidential electors.  Robert Meacham will be a 
	presidential elector in Florida. The South Carolina 
	electoral ticket will include three African American 
	Republican leaders, B.F. Randolph, Stephen A. Swails, and
	Alonzo J. Ransier.   

1951 - The New York branch of the NAACP honors Josephine Baker 
	for her work to combat racism.  Baker, the American 
	chanteuse who was acclaimed in Europe, had led a personal 
	crusade to force integration of clubs where she appeared 
	in Miami and Las Vegas.  She also campaigned against 
	segregated railroad facilities in Chicago and buses in 
	Oakland.

1961 - A mob attacks freedom riders in Montgomery, Alabama.  
	Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy dispatches four hundred 
	U.S. marshals to Montgomery to keep order in the freedom 
	rider controversy.

1964 - Buster Mathis defeats Joe Frazier to qualify for the U.S. 
	Olympic team.

1971 - A Pentagon report states that African Americans 
	constituted 11 per cent of U.S. soldiers in Southeast 
	Asia.  The report also states that 12.5 per cent of all 
	soldiers killed in Vietnam since 1961 were African
	American.

1985 - Larry Holmes retains the heavyweight boxing title of the 
	International Boxing Federation in Reno, Nevada -- by 
	defeating Carl Wilson in 15 rounds.  The fight marks the 
	first heavyweight title fight in Reno since Jack Johnson 
	and Jim Jeffries fought there in 1910.

2003 - Howard Sims, tap dancer, joins the ancestors at age 86.  
	He was known as "Sandman" and taught Gregory Hines, Ben 
	Vereen and others.

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