* 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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