*                 Today in Black History - October 4             *

1864 - The National Black Convention meets in Syracuse, New York.

1864 - The New Orleans Tribune, the first African American daily
        newspaper, is founded by Dr. Louis C. Roudanez.  The newspaper,
        published in both English and French, starts as a tri-weekly,
        but soon becomes an influential daily.

1934 - Malvin Gray Johnson dies in New York City. His deceptively
        simple paintings, with their warm colors and serene, sensuous
        charm, had earned him a large and loyal group of admirers
        during the Harlem Renaissance.

1935 - Joe Walcott, World Welterweight Boxing Champion during the early
        1900 s, is struck and killed by a car.  He is perhaps the only
        West Indian (from Barbados), universally recognized as a boxing
        legend.  Walcott stood at five feet, one and a half inches, his
        fighting weight at 142 pounds, basically a midget version of
        Mike Tyson.  His short powerful physique enabled him to bob and
        weave, catching his opponent s punches on his powerful shoulders
        and his granite-like head.

1937 - Lee Patrick Brown is born in Wewoka, Oklahoma.  He will become
        one of the top-ranking law-enforcement executives in the United
        States, first as Public Safety Commissioner in Atlanta, Georgia,
        then as the first African American police chief in Houston,
        Texas, and the second African American police commissioner for
        New York City.

1943 - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee chairman and black
        nationalist, H. Rap Brown, is born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

1944 - Dancer Pearl Primus makes her Broadway debut at the Belasco
        Theater. She will become widely known for blending the African
        and American dance traditions.

1944 - Patricia Holt is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  She will
        become a singer known as Patti LaBelle and will be a lead with
        the Ordettes, the Bluebells, and LaBelle.  She will eventually
        debut a solo career performing over 90 concerts a year.  She
        will publish her life story, "Don't Block The Blessings:
        Revelations of a Lifetime."

1945 - Clifton Davis, actor/singer (That's My Mama, Amen), is born in
        Chicago, Illinois.

1966 - Lesotho (Basutoland) gains its independence from Great Britain.

1991 - The Harold Washington Library in Chicago, Illinois is dedicated
        in the memory of its beloved former mayor.

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