*		    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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