*                  Today in Black History - January 24               *

1885 - Martin R. Delany joins the ancestors at the age of 72 in 
	Wilberforce, Ohio.  Delany served as a physician and was 
	the first commissioned African American officer in the 
	Union Army during the Civil War.  He also was a leader in 
	the fight to end racial job discrimination. Delany will
	encourage African Americans to seek their own identity and 
	is considered by some historians to be the father of 
	American Black nationalism.  He is the author of "Search 
	for a Place: Black Separatism and Africa," and "The 
	Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the 
	Colored People in the United States."

1941 - Aaron Neville is born in New Orleans Louisiana. He will 
	become a rhythm and blues singer and will enjoy his first 
	hit in 1967, "Tell It Like It Is." He will win a Grammy for 
	his 1990 single, a duet with Linda Ronstadt, "Don't Know 
	Much." He will become equally well known for performing 
	vocals and keyboards with the group The Neville Brothers, 
	together with his three musically accomplished siblings. 
	Their albums, reflecting rock, R&B, soul, and jazz 
	influences, will be compiled in "Treacherous: A History of 
	the Neville Brothers, 1955-85" (1986).

1977 - Howard T. Ward becomes Georgia's first African American 
	Superior Court Judge.

1985 - Four-term Los Angeles mayor Thomas Bradley is awarded the 
	NAACP's Spingarn Medal for his long career as a public 
	servant and for "demonstrating...that the American dream 
	not only can be pursued but realized."

1988 - Forty-eight African American writers and literary critics 
	sign a controversial statement that appears in "The New York 
	Times Book Review" supporting author Toni Morrison and 
	protesting her failure to win the "keystone honors of the 
	National Book Award or the Pulitzer Prize."

1989 - Reverend Barbara Harris' election as suffragan bishop is 
	ratified by the Diocese of Massachusetts.  Her election and 
	consecration occur amid widespread controversy regarding the 
	role of women bishops in the Episcopal Church.  She will be 
	the first female bishop in the church's 450-year history. 

1993 - Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court 
	Justice, joins the ancestors in Washington, DC.  He will be 
	buried in Arlington National Cemetery.  He was one of the 
	most well-known figures in the history of civil rights in 
	America and served on the Supreme Court for 24 years.

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