*                Today in Black History - January 11                 *

1870 - The first reconstruction legislature meets in Jackson, 
	Mississippi. Thirty one of the 106 representatives and five 
	of the 33 senators are African American.

1892 - William D. McCoy, of Indiana, is appointed United States 
	Minister to Liberia.

1902 - Acknowledging the increasing attention African American 
	athletes receive, the Baltimore "Afro-American" states, "Mr.
	[Joe] Gans gets more space in the white papers than all the 
	respectable colored people in the state." Gans is the world 
	lightweight boxing champion and first native African 
	American world title holder. 

1924 - James Moore is born in Lobdell, Louisiana (outside of Baton 
	Rouge).  During the 1940's Moore will teach himself how to 
	play the harmonica and begin working jukes, clubs, parties, 
	and picnics in Louisiana.  Moore will work professionally 
	with Lightnin' Slim and will be known as "Slim Harpo."  
	Harpo will be a big influence on British blues-rockers of 
	the mid-Sixties.

1936 - Charles W. Anderson enters the Kentucky House of 
	Representatives as its first elected African American member.
	He will serve for six consecutive terms and will help to 
	dismantle legal segregation in his state, when his bill 
	allowing African American and white nurses to go to the same 
	school is passed in 1948.

1947 - Evangelina Rodriguez joins the ancestors in San Pedro de 
	Macoris, Dominican Republic. She had been the first woman to 
	graduate from medical school in the Dominican Republic, 
	becoming the first woman physician to practice in that 
	country.

1957 - Darryl Dawkins is born in Orlando, Florida.  He will become 
	one of only five players to enter the NBA right out of high 
	school and survive. He will go on to play for fourteen 
	seasons as a center for the New Jersey Nets and Philadelphia 
	76'ers.

1960 - Chad declares its independence from France.

1961 - Racially motivated disturbance erupts on the University of 
	Georgia campus as a result of civil rights demonstrations by 
	African American students. African American students 
	Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes are suspended but will 
	be reinstated by a federal court order. Hunter-Gault will 
	become an Emmy award-winning journalist with "The 
	MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour."

1962 - Nelson Mandela leaves South Africa, traveling to Ethiopia, 
	Algeria, and England to speak out against apartheid in South
	Africa.

1985 - Reuben V. Anderson is appointed as judge on the Mississippi
	Supreme Court.  Anderson is the first African American named 
	to the court.

1986 - L. Douglas Wilder, of Virginia, is sworn in as the first 
	African American Lt. Governor since reconstruction.

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