*              Today in Black History - November 24           *

1868 - Scott Joplin, originator of ragtime music, is born in 
	Texarkana, Texas. 

1874 - Stephen A. Swails is re-elected president pro tem of the
	South Carolina State Senate.

1874 - Robert B. Elliott is elected Speaker of the lower house 
	of the South Carolina legislature.

1880 - Southern University is established in New Orleans, 
	Louisiana.

1880 - More than 150 delegates from Baptist Churches in eleven 
	states organize the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention 
	of the United States at a meeting in Montgomery, 
	Alabama. The Rev. William H. McAlphine is elected 
	president.

1883 - Edwin Bancroft Herson is born in Washington, DC. He will 
	become a pioneering physical education instructor, 
	coach, and organizer of the Negro Athletic Association, 
	and the Colored Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association. 
	Inducted into the Black Sports Hall of Fame in 1974, he
	will be widely considered "the Father of Black Sports."

1935 - Ronald V. Dellums is born in Oakland, California.  He 
	will become a Berkeley city councilman, where he will be 
	a vocal champion for minority and disadvantaged 
	communities.  In 1970, he will stage a successful 
	campaign for the 9th district seat in the U.S. House of
	Representatives.  Among his leadership roles will be 
	Chairman of the District of Columbia Committee. 

1938 - Oscar Robertson is born in Charlotte, Tennessee.  He will 
	attend the University of Cincinnati, where he will be a 
	two-time NCAA Player of the Year and three-time All-
	American.  He will go on to play for fourteen years in 
	the NBA (Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks) and earn 
	All-NBA honors 11 times and lead the Royals and the Bucks 
	to ten playoff berths.  Robinson, along with Lew Alcinder 
	(Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), will lead the Bucks to their only 
	NBA Championship.  Robertson will conclude his career 
	with 26,710 points (25.7 per game), 9,887 assists (9.5 
	per game) and 7,804 rebounds (7.5 per game).  He will be 
	voted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979, following 
	his retirement in 1974 and be voted one of "The 50 
	Greatest Players in NBA History."

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