*		Today in Black History - August 3             *

1832 - Edward Wilmot Blyden is born in St. Thomas, West Indies. By
	the age of 24, he will migrate to Liberia and become an 
	established author of the pamphlets "A Voice from Bleeding
	Africa", in which he attacks slavery, and "A Vindication of
	the African Race." Throughout his life, he will be an 
	advocate of African Americans returning to their ancestral
	homes. 

1865 - The provisional governor of Florida abolishes slavery by 
	proclamation.

1908 - A site plan for the town of Allensworth, California, is 
	filed with the Tulare County recorder. The town is founded
	by African American Allen Allensworth, "in order to enable
	black people to live on an equity [basis] with whites and 
	to encourage industry and thrift in the race." 

1928 - William A. Scott, III, founds the "Atlanta World" newspaper.
	It will become a bi-weekly in 1930 and on March 13, 1932, 
	will become the "Atlanta Daily World," the first African 
	American daily newspaper in modern times.

1956 - Willie Williams of the United States sets the then 100 meter
	record at 10.1 seconds. 

1957 - Archibald J. Carey, Chicago minister and attorney, is 
	appointed the first African American chairman of the 
	President's Committee on Government Employment Policy.

1960 - The Republic of Niger achieves its independence from France.

1970 - Two thousand delegates and observers attend the Congress of
	African Peoples convention in Atlanta, Georgia. 

1972 - The Federal Communications Commission upholds a political 
	candidate's right to broadcast paid commercials with racist
	content if such broadcast presents no danger of violence or
	incitement to violence. 

1989 - Rickey Henderson sets American League mark of 50 stolen 
	bases in nine seasons.

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