*                   Today in Black History - July 19                     *

1848 - The first Women's Rights Convention is held in Seneca Falls,
        New York.  The convention is supported by Frederick Douglass
        of nearby Rochester, New York, who attends the meeting and
        speaks in defense of its organizer, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

1866 - Tennessee becomes the first state to ratify the 14th Amendment,
        supposedly guaranteeing civil rights to all United States
        citizens.

1867 - Congress passes the third Reconstruction Act over President
        Andrew Johnson's veto.

1913 - The Tri-State Dental Association is formed in Buckroe Beach
        (now part of Hampton), Virginia.  It will be the forerunner to
        the National Dental Association, an organization dedicated to
        developing a national forum for African American dentists
        in the United States.

1925 - Josephine Baker, entertainer and singer, makes her Paris debut.

1940 - Surgeon Louis T. Wright is presented the Spingarn Medal for
        his "contribution to the healing of mankind and for his
        courageous, uncompromising position, often in the face of
        bitter attack."  Among Wright's many accomplishments was
        being the first African American surgeon to be admitted to
        the staff of Harlem Hospital and chairmanship of the board
        of directors of the NAACP, a position he will hold for 17
        years.

1941 - The first Army flying school for African Americans is dedicated
        in Tuskegee, Alabama.

1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints a Fair Employment
        Practices Committee which includes two African Americans,
        Earl B. Dickerson, a Chicago attorney, and Milton P. Webster,
        vice-president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.

1966 - The Hough district of Cleveland, Ohio, experiences racially
        motivated disturbances that result in the mobilization of the
        National Guard by Governor James A. Rhodes, who declares a
        state of emergency in the city.

1967 - A racially motivated disturbance occurs in Durham, North
        Carolina.  The governor calls out the National Guard to quell
        the disturbance.

1973 - Willie Mays is named to the National League all star team for
        the 24th time, tying Stan Musial for the record number of
        appearances.

1979 - Patricia R. Harris is named Secretary of Health and Human
        Services.  It is her second Cabinet-level appointment.  She
        had been Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

1991 - The South African government acknowledges that it had been
        giving money to the Inkatha Freedom Party, the main rival of
        the African National Congress.

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