*		 Today in Black History - October 14           *

1834 - Henry Blair of Glen Ross, Maryland, receives a patent for 
	a corn planting machine.  

1864 - The first African American daily newspaper, the New 
	Orleans Tribune, is published in both French and English.

1916 - Sophomore tackle and guard Paul Robeson is excluded from 
	the Rutgers football team when Washington and Lee 
	University refuse to play against an African American. 
	The exclusion will be temporary and the young Robeson 
	will go on to be named a football All-American twice. 

1947 - Charles "Charlie" Joiner, Jr. is born in Many, Louisiana.  
	He will become a professional football player after being
	picked in the fourth round of the 1969 NFL draft. He will 
	be a wide receiver for the Houston Oilers from 1969-1972, 
	the Cincinnati Bengals from 1972-1975, and the San Diego 
	Chargers from 1976-1986.  In eighteen seasons, he will 
	play in 239 games (most ever for a wide receiver at the 
	time of his retirement) and compile a career record of 750 
	catches, 12,146 yards, and 65 touchdowns. He will catch 
	586 passes as a Charger and was a key element in vaunted 
	"Air Coryell" offense. He exceeded 50 catches in seven 
	seasons, was a 100-yard receiver in 29 games, and played 
	in three Pro Bowls. In his last thirteen years, he will 
	miss only one game. He will be inducted into the Football 
	Hall of Fame in 1996. 

1958 - The District of Columbia Bar Association votes to accept 
	African Americans as members. 

1964 - Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. is announced as the recipient of 
	the Nobel Peace Prize for his civil rights activities. 
	King is the second African American to win the Peace 
	Prize.  

1969 - A racially motivated civil disturbance occurs in 
	Springfield, Massachusetts.

1971 - Two people are killed in a Memphis, Tennessee racially 
	motivated disturbance.

1980 - Bob Marley performs in his last concert before he 
	untimely joins the ancestors succumbing to cancer.

1995 - Sports Illustrated places Eddie Robinson on the cover 
	of its magazine.  He is the first and only coach of an
	Historically Black College or University (HBCU) to 
	appear on the cover of any major sports publication in
	the United States.

1999 - Julius Nyerere, Tanzania's first president, joins the 
	ancestors in a London hospital at age 77. 

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