* Today in Black History - September 19 *
1865 - Atlanta University is founded.
1868 - White Democrats attack demonstrators, who are marching
from Albany to Camilla, Georgia, and kill nine African
Americans. Several whites are wounded.
1931 - Benjamin Franklin Peay is born in Camden, South Carolina.
He will become a rhythm and blues singer better known as
Brook Benton. He will amass 16 gold records and be best
known for the songs "A Rainy Night in Georgia" and "It's
Just a Matter of Time." He will join the ancestors on
April 9, 1988.
1945 - Freda Charcelia Payne is born in Detroit, Michigan. She
will become a singer whose hits will include "Band of
Gold" in 1970.
1947 - Lawrence "Larry" Brown is born in Clairton, Pennsylvania.
He will become a Washington Redskins' running back and
the third NFL player to rush over 4,000 yards in his
first four professional seasons.
1956 - The first international conference of Black Writers &
Artists meets at the Sorbonne, in Paris, France.
1965 - Debbye Turner is born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She will become
Miss America in 1990, becoming the third African American
woman to wear the crown.
1981 - More than 300,000 demonstrators from labor and civil
rights organizations protest the social policies of the
Reagan administration in a Solidarity Day March in
Washington, DC.
1989 - Gordon Parks's film "The Learning Tree" is selected among
the first films to be registered by the National Film
Registry of the Library of Congress. The National Film
Registry was formed by an act of Congress the previous
year to recognize films that are "culturally,
historically, or aesthetically significant." Parks's
1969 movie joins other classic films such as
"Casablanca," "Gone With the Wind," and "The Wizard of
Oz."
1989 - The first issue of Emerge magazine goes on sale. Emerge,
founded by Wilmer C. Ames, Jr., covers domestic and
international news and issues from an African American
perspective.
1994 - U.S. troops peacefully enter Haiti to enforce the return
of exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
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