*		Today in Black History - May 6		*

1787 - Prince Hall forms African Lodge 459, the first African 
	American Masonic Lodge in the United States.

1794 - Haiti, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolts against 
	France.

1812 - Martin R. Delany is born free in Charlestown, Virginia. 
	He will become the first African American field officer 
	to serve in the Civil War, a noted physician, author, 
	explorer, and a newspaper editor.

1930 - Noted actor Charles Gilpin joins the ancestors. The 
	founder and manager of the Lafayette Theatre Company, one 
	of the earliest African American stock companies in New 
	York, Gilpin achieved fame for his performance as Brutus 
	Jones In Eugene O'Neill's play "The Emperor Jones."  In 
	1921, he won the NAACP's Spingarn Medal in recognition of 
	his theatrical career.

1931 - Willie Mays is born in Westfield, Alabama.  He will 
	become a professional baseball player at the age of 16, for 
	the Birmingham Black Barons.  After graduating from high 
	school, he will be signed by the New York Giants.  His 7095
	putouts will be the all-time record for an outfielder.  His 
	career batting average will be .302.  For eight consecutive 
	years, he will drive in more than 100 runs a year, and his 
	660 home runs will put him in third place for the all-time 
	home run record.  He will win the Gold Glove Award 12 times. 
	He will be voted Most Valuable Player in the National League 
	in both 1954 and 1965.  He will be inducted into the Baseball 
	Hall of Fame in 1979.

1960 - The Civil Rights Act of 1960 is signed by President 
	Eisenhower. The act acknowledges the federal government's
responsibility in matters involving civil rights and reverses 
	its customary "hands-off" policy.

1967 - Four hundred students seize the administration building at 
	Cheyney State College.

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