*                       Today in Black History - October 14           *

 

1834 - Henry Blair of Glen Ross, Maryland, receives a patent for 

            a corn planting machine.  

 

1864 - The first African American daily newspaper, the New 

            Orleans Tribune, is published in both French and English.

 

1916 - Sophomore tackle and guard Paul Robeson is excluded from 

            the Rutgers football team when Washington and Lee 

            University refuse to play against an African American. 

            The exclusion will be temporary and the young Robeson 

            will go on to be named a football All-American twice. 

 

1947 - Charlie Joiner is born in Many, Louisiana.  He will 

            become a professional football player after being picked

            in the fourth round of the 1969 NFL draft.  He will be a 

            wide receiver for the Houston Oilers from 1969-1972, the

            Cincinnati Bengals from 1972-1975, and the San Diego 

            Chargers from 1976-1986.  In eighteen seasons, he will 

            play in 239 games (most ever for a wide receiver) and 

            compile a career record of 750 catches, 12,146 yards, 

            and 65 touchdowns. He will catch 586 passes as a Charger 

            and was a key element in vaunted "Air Coryell" offense. 

            He exceeded 50 catches in seven seasons, was a 100-yard 

            receiver in 29 games, and played in three Pro Bowls.  In

            his last thirteen years, he will miss only one game.  He

            will be inducted into the Football Hall of Fame in 1996. 

 

1958 - The District of Columbia Bar Association votes to accept 

            African Americans as members. 

 

1964 - Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. is announced as the recipient of 

            the Nobel Peace Prize for his civil rights activities. 

            King is the second African American to win the Peace 

            Prize.  

 

1969 - A racially motivated civil disturbance occurs in 

            Springfield, Massachusetts.

 

1971 - Two people are killed in a Memphis, Tennessee racially 

            motivated disturbance.

 

1980 - Bob Marley performs in his last concert before he 

            untimely joins the ancestors succumbing to cancer.

 

1995 - Sports Illustrated places Eddie Robinson on the cover 

            of its magazine.  He is the first and only coach of an

            Historically Black College or University (HBCU) to 

            appear on the cover of any major sports publication in

            the United States.

 

1999 - Julius Nyerere, Tanzania's first president, joins the 

            ancestors in a London hospital at age 77.


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