*              Today in Black History - November 21             *

1654 - Richard Johnson, a free African American, is granted 550 
	acres in Northampton County, Virginia.

1784 - James Armistead is cited by French General Lafayette for 
	his valuable service to the American forces in the 
	Revolutionary War. Armistead, who was born into slavery 
	24 years earlier, had worked as a double agent for the 
	Americans while supposedly employed as a servant of 
	British General Cornwallis.

1865 - Shaw University is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.

1878 - Marshall "Major" Taylor is born in Indianapolis, Indiana.  
	He will become an international cycling star who will be 
	the first native-born African American to win a national 
	sports title. During his career, Taylor will win over 100 
	professional races and one-on-one matches in the U.S. and 
	nine other countries. 

1893 - Granville T. Woods, inventor, receives a patent for the 
	"Electric Railway Conduit." 

1904 - Coleman Hawkins is born in St. Joseph, Missouri.  He will 
	virtually create the presence of the tenor saxophone in 
	jazz.

1918 - Henry B. Delany is elected saffragan bishop of the 
	Protestant Episcopal diocese of North Carolina.

1944 - Earl "the Pearl" Monroe, NBA Guard (New York Knicks, 
	Baltimore Bullets), is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1984 - TransAfrica's Randall Robinson, DC congressional delegate 
	Walter Fauntroy, and U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner Mary 
	Frances Berry are arrested at a sit-in demonstration in 
	front of the South African Embassy in Washington, DC.  
	Their demonstration against apartheid will be repeated and
	spread to New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and other 
	cities, and involve such notables as Jesse Jackson, Arthur 
	Ashe, Harry Belafonte, and Stevie Wonder. Their efforts 
	will play a large part in the passage of the Anti-Apartheid
	Act of 1986, which will impose economic sanctions against 
	South Africa.

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