*              Today in Black History - November 19          *

 

1867 - South Carolina citizens endorse a constitutional 

            convention and select delegates.  66,418 African 

            Americans and 2350 whites vote for the convention and 

            2278 whites vote against holding a convention. The 

            total vote cast is 71,046. Not a single African 

            American votes against the convention.

 

1921 - Roy Campanella is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  

            He will become one of the first African-American 

            baseball players signed to major league ball after 

            Jackie Robinson breaks the color line.  He will become

            the first African American catcher in Major League 

            history. Campanella will play for the Brooklyn Dodgers 

            and be the National League's Most Valuable Player in 

            1951, 1953, and 1955. He was given the second MVP award 

            in 1953 on his birthday. His baseball career will end 

            when he is paralyzed in an automobile accident in 

            January, 1958.  He will then work for many years in the 

            Dodger organization. He will be elected to the Baseball 

            Hall of Fame in 1969 and will join the ancestors on 

            June 26, 1993.

 

1949 - Ahmad Rashad, is born Bobby Moore in Portland, Oregon.  

            Rashad will be a first-round draft choice of the St. 

            Louis Football Cardinals in 1972. He will go on to play 

            for Buffalo and Seattle before settling in Minnesota in 

            1976 and playing the next seven seasons for the Vikings. 

            Rashad will hold the Viking career reception lead (400) 

            and be second in reception yardage. Overall, Rashad will 

            have 495 receptions in 10 seasons. Rashad -- who played 

            his college football at the University of Oregon -- will 

            be inducted into the state of Oregon Sports Hall of Fame 

            in 1987 and the University of Oregon Athletic Hall of 

            Fame in 1992. He will also be the author of a book, 

            "Rashad: Vikes, Mikes, and Something on the Backside," 

            published by Viking Press. During the summer of 1991, he 

            will expand his broadcasting resume by handling 

            television play-by-play for the Seattle Seahawks pre-

            season football games. 

 

1955 - Carmen de Lavellade begins a contract for three seasons as 

            a dancer with the Metropolitan Opera.  

 

1957 - Otis J. Anderson, NFL running back (NY Giants, 1990 

            Superbowl MVP), is born. 

 

1984 - Dwight Gooden, of the New York Mets, at 20 years old, 

            becomes the youngest major-league pitcher to be named 

            Rookie of the Year in the National League. The Mets 

            pitcher led the majors with 276 strikeouts.

 

1985 - Comedic character actor Stepin Fetchit, born Lincoln 

            Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry joins the ancestors at the 

            age of 83.


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