*                    Today in Black History - October 1             *

1851 - William "Jerry" Henry, a runaway slave and craftsman who had
        settled in Syracuse, New York, is arrested by a United States
        Marshal and scheduled to be returned to slavery.  Ten thousand
        citizens of the city will storm the sheriff's office and
        courthouse, free Henry, and aid his escape to Canada via the
        underground railroad.

1872 - Morgan State College (now University) is founded in Baltimore,
        Maryland.

1886 - Kentucky State College (now University) is founded in Frankfort,
        Kentucky.

1903 - Virginia Proctor Powell, first female African American librarian
        is born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania.

1937 - The Pullman Company formally recognizes the Brotherhood of
        Sleeping Car Porters.

1937 - The Spingarn Medal is awarded to Walter White, NAACP secretary,
        for his leadership and work in the anti-lynching movement.

1945 - Donny Hathaway is born in Chicago, Illinois.  He will be an
        influential pop and Rhythm & Blues singer of the 1970s whose
        hit songs will include "The Ghetto" and "The Closer I Get to
        You" (with Roberta Flack).

1945 - Rod Carew, baseball Hall of Famer and American League Rookie of
        the Year in 1967, is born.

1945 - Heavyweight champion,  Joe Louis, is discharged from the army.

1947 - United States' control of Haitian Custom Service and governmental
        revenue ends.

1948 - The California Supreme Court voids state statute banning
        interracial marriages.

1948 - Edward Dudley is named Ambassador to Liberia.

1951 - The 24th Infantry Regiment, last of the all African American
        military units authorized by Congress in 1866, is deactivated
        in Korea.

1954 - The British colony of Nigeria becomes a federation.

1960 - Nigeria proclaims its independence from Great Britain.

1961 - East & West Cameroon merge and become the Federal Republic of
        Cameroon.

1963 - Nigeria becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth.

1966 - The Black Panther party is founded in Oakland, California by
        Huey Newton and Bobby Seale.

1977 - Brazilian soccer great, Pele', retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363
        games.

1989 - Dallas Cowboy, Ed "Too Tall" Jones records his 1,000th NFL
        tackle.

1991 - Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell assumes her duties as dean of New York
        University's Tisch School of the Arts. A noted art historian,
        Schmidt had previously served as commissioner of cultural
        affairs, director of the Studio of Harlem, and chair of the
        Smithsonian Institution's Advisory Committee that recommended
        creation of a national African American museum.

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