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*                   Today in Black History - July 12                   *

1864 - George Washington Carver, African American botanist, who invented
        peanut butter, is born in Diamond Grove, Missouri.  He will receive
        a B.S. from the Iowa Agricultural College in 1894 and a M.S. in
        1896.  He will become a member of the faculty of Iowa State College
        of Agriculture and Mechanics in charge of the school's bacterial
        laboratory work in the Systematic Botany department.  His work with
        agricultural products develops industrial applications from farm
        products, called chemurgy in technical literature in the early 1900s.
        His research will develop 325 products from peanuts, 108 applications
        for sweet potatoes, and 75 products derived from pecans.  He will
        move to Tuskegee, Alabama in 1896 to accept a position as an
        instructor at the Tuskegee Institute of Technology and remain on the
        faculty until his death in 1943.  His work in developing industrial
        applications from agricultural products will derive 118 products,
        including a rubber substitute and over 500 dyes and pigments from 28
        different plants.  He will receive the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP
        in 1923.  He will be responsible for the invention in 1927 of a
        process for producing paints and stains from soybeans, for which three
        separate patents were issued.  George Washington Carver will be
        bestowed with an honorary doctorate from Simpson College in 1928. He
        will be made a member of the Royal Society of Arts in London, England.
        Dr. Carver will be honored by U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
        on July 14, 1943 when $30,000 is committed for a national monument to
        be dedicated to his accomplishments. The area of Carver's childhood
        near Diamond Grove, Missouri will be preserved as a park, with a bust
        of the agricultural researcher, instructor, and chemical investigator.
        This park will be the first national monument dedicated to an African
        American in the United States.

1887 - Mound Bayou, an all African American town in Mississippi, is founded by
        Isaiah Montgomery.

1936 - Actress Rose McClendon joins the ancestors after succumbing to pneumonia
        in New York City.  A student at the American Academy of Dramatic Art in
        Carnegie Hall, McClendon won fame for her roles in the plays "Deep
        River", "In Abraham's Bosom", and "Porgy."  She also founded, with Dick
        Campbell, the Negro People's Theater and with Campbell and Muriel Rahn,
        the Rose McClendon Players.

1936 - Cornelius Johnson sets the world record in the high jump.

1937 - William Henry "Bill" Cosby is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He will
        become one of the most popular African American entertainers, first in
        comedy, where his albums will earn him five Grammy awards, then in Las
        Vegas and elsewhere.  He will later star in the television series "I
        Spy", which will be the first of several successful television series.
        These series will include "The Bill Cosby Show," "The New Bill Cosby
        Show," and "The Cosby Show." "The Cosby Show" will hold the number one
        rating for three years. He will also author numerous books, including
        "Fatherhood," and "Love and Marriage." His successes will reward him
        with financial success and he will become a leading philanthropist.

1944 - Denise Nicholas is born.  She will become an actress starring in "Room 222"
        as Liz McIntyre, "In the Heat of the Night" as Harriet DeLong, "Baby, I'm
        Back", and "Ghost Dad."

1949 - Frederick M. Jones patents an air conditioning unit.

1951 - Governor Adlai Stevenson, calls out the Illinois National Guard to stop
        rioting in Cicero, Illinois.  A mob of 3,500 racists try to keep an
        African American family from moving into the all-white city.

1958 - "Yakety Yak", by The Coasters, becomes the number one song in the country,
        according to "Billboard" magazine.  It is the first stereo record to
        reach the top of the chart.

1959 - Rolonda Watts, talk show hostess, is born.

1960 - Congo, Chad & The Central African Republic declare their independence.

1963 - Maryland National Guard troops impose limited martial law in Cambridge,
        Maryland after open confrontations between civil rights demonstrators and
        white segregationists.

1966 - A racially motivated disturbance begins in the city of Chicago, prompting
        the governor to call in the Illinois National Guard.

1967 - Five days of racially motivated disturbances begin in Newark, New Jersey.
        Over twenty three persons are killed.  The racial uprising involves ten
        of the city's twenty-three square miles.  More than 1,500 persons are
        injured and 1,300 are arrested.  Police report 300 fires.  The Newark
        rebellion, the worst outbreak of racial violence since the Watts riots
        (in Los Angeles), spread to other New Jersey communities, including New
        Brunswick, Englewood, Paterson, Elizabeth, Palmyra, Passaic, and
        Plainfield.  The New Jersey National Guard is mobilized.

1979 - Minnie Ripperton, a singer best known for her recording of "Lovin' You,"
        joins the ancestors after succumbing to cancer at the age of 32.

1980 - John W. Davis, civil rights activist and former president of West Virginia
        State College, joins the ancestors in Englewood, New Jersey at the age of
        92.

1991 - "Boyz in the Hood", a film written and directed by John Singleton, premieres.
        A coming-of-age film set in gang-and-violence-ridden South Central Los
        Angeles, its positive message will earn Singleton critical acclaim and two
        Academy Award nominations.

1992 - In an emotional farewell speech, Benjamin Hooks, outgoing executive director
        of the NAACP, urges the group's convention in Nashville, Tennessee, to show
        the world that it remains vital.

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