*             Today in Black History - November 25         *

1841 - Thirty-five survivors of the "Amistad" return home to 
	Africa.

1922 - Marcus Garvey electrifies a crowd at Liberty Hall in 
	New York City as he states the goals and principles 
	of the Universal Negro Improvement Association 
	(UNIA): "We represent peace, harmony, love, human 
	sympathy, human rights and human justice...we are 
	marshaling the four hundred million Negroes of the 
	world to fight for the emancipation of the race and 
	for the redemption of the country of our fathers." 

1935 - Namahyoke Sokum Curtis, who led a team of 32 African 
	Americans to nurse yellow fever victims during the 
	Spanish-American War, joins the ancestors. She will 
	be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. 

1941 - Annie Mae Bullock is born in Nutbush, Tennessee.  She 
	will meet Ike Turner in the early 1950's at a St. 
	Louis, Missouri club.  Soon after, she will begin 
	singing with his band on occasional engagements, and 
	in 1959, form the Ike and Tina Turner Revue.  After 
	separating from Ike and the band, she will build an 
	even more successful career on her own, which will 
	include the multi-platinum album, "Private Dancer" 
	and five Grammy awards. 

1949 - Dr. Ralph J. Bunche receives the Spingarn Medal for 
	his contributions to the Myrdal study and his 
	achievements as UN mediator in the Palestine 
	conflict.

1949 - The St. Louis chapter of CORE presses a sit-in 
	campaign designed to end segregation in downtown St. 
	Louis facilities.

1955 - The Interstate Commerce Commission bans segregation 
	in interstate travel. The law affects buses and 
	trains as well as terminals and waiting rooms.
          
1987 - Harold Washington, the first African American mayor 
	of Chicago, Illinois, joins the ancestors, in office 
	at the age of 65.

1997 - Legendary Eddie Robinson, of Grambling State University, 
	coaches his last game as head coach.  This will close 
	out a career spanning 57 years.  He has the NCAA record 
	for wins at 402. The closest to Eddie Robinson's record 
	is 'Bear' Bryant of the University of Alabama at 323 
	wins.

1998 - Comedian Flip Wilson joins the ancestors in Malibu, 
	California, at the age of 64. 

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