*             Today in Black History - November 4            *

 

1872 - Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback is elected as a U.S.

            congressman from Louisiana.  

 

1872 - Three African Americans are elected to major offices in 

            Louisiana elections: C.C Antoine, lieutenant governor;

            P.G. Deslonde, secretary of state; W.B. Brown, 

            superintendent of public education.

 

1879 - T. Elkins receives a patent on the refrigeration 

            apparatus.

 

1953 - Hulan Jack becomes first African American Manhattan 

            Borough President in New York City. 

 

1958 - World renowned opera singer, Shirley Verrett, makes her 

            debut in New York City.

 

1959 - Ernie Banks, Chicago Cubs shortstop, wins the National 

            League MVP.

 

1969 - Howard N. Lee and Charles Evers are elected the first 

            African American mayors of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 

            and Fayette, Mississippi respectively. 

 

1971 - Elgin Baylor announces his retirement from the Los 

            Angeles Lakers.  After 14 years in the NBA, Baylor had 

            scored 23,149 points, the third highest in the league, 

            and was the fifth-highest career rebounder. 

 

1978 - William Howard Jr. is elected president of the National 

            Council of Churches, at the age of 32.

 

1982 - Rayford Logan joins the ancestors in Washington, DC.  He 

            was an educator, historian, and author of numerous books 

            on African Americans, including the "Dictionary of 

            American Negro Biography." Among his honors was a 1980 

            NAACP Spingarn Medal. 

 

1988 - Bill and Camille Cosby make a $20 million gift to Spelman 

            College.  In his remarks to newly inaugurated President 

            Johnetta B. Cole, Cosby states, "I want Johnetta Cole to

            understand the love that Camille and I have for this 

            college, the love we have for women who, in spite of odds 

            against them, come to this school to challenge themselves, 

            to challenge the school, then to challenge what we call 

            'the outside world.'" 

 

1988 - The Martin L. King, Jr. Federal Building is dedicated in 

            Atlanta, Georgia. It is the first federal building in the 

            nation to bear the name of the slain civil rights leader.

 

1999 - Daisy Bates, who is best known for counseling the "Little 

            Rock Nine," joins the ancestors at the age of 84.  The 

            "Little Rock Nine" were the students who broke the color 

            barrier at all-white Central High School in Little Rock, 

            Arkansas in 1957,   Her leadership helped to inch America

            toward desegregated schools. She had dedicated her entire 

            life to service in the civil rights struggle.


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