*               Today in Black History - July 22               *

1848 - Lester Walton is appointed minister to Liberia.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln reads the first draft of the Emancipation
        Proclamation to his cabinet.

1933 - Caterina Jarboro becomes the first African American prima
        donna of an United States opera company.  The singer performs
        "Aida" with the Chicago Opera Company at the Hippodrome in
        New York City.  The New York Times music editor reports: "The
        young soprano brought a vivid dramatic sense that kept her
        impersonation vital without overacting, and an Italian diction
        remarkably pure and distinct."   Jarboro's fame, however, will
        short­lived.   Once the American opera establishment realized
        that she was not Italian but African American, her career comes
        to an end.  The newly founded New York Metropolitan Opera
        Association refuses to accept her as a member.  Nonetheless,
        her contribution to opera will be powerful and far­reaching.
        Ms. Jarboro was born in Wilmington, North Carolina.

1937 - Chuck Jackson is born.  He will become a singer and will be
        known for his recordings of "Any Day Now," and "I Don't Want
        to Cry."

1939 - Jane Matilda Bolin is appointed to the New York City Court of
        Domestic Relations by Mayor Fiorello Laguardia, becoming the
        first African American woman judge.

1941 - George Clinton is born in Kannapolis, North Carolina.  He will
        become a singer and songwriter.  His group, Parliament
        Funkadelic will record "Testify", "Mothership Connection",
        "First Thangs", "Up For The Down Stroke", "Chocolate City",
        "The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein," "Atomic Dog," and many others.
        The popularity of Clinton and his group will last over thirty
        years.

1947 - Danny Glover is born.  He will become an actor and will star in
        the "Lethal Weapon" movies, "Operation Dumbo Drop", "Silverado",
        "Escape from Alcatraz", "Chiefs", "The Color Purple", "Angels
        in the Outfield", and "Places in the Heart".

1961 - Milton A. Francis, the first African American specialist in
        genitourinary diseases, joins the ancestors.

1963 - World Heavyweight Champion, Sonny Liston, hangs on to his
        boxing title, by knocking out challenger, Floyd Patterson, in
        the first round of a bout in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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