*                   Today in Black History - August 19               *

1791 - Benjamin Banneker sends a copy of his just-published almanac to
        Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, along with a letter
        confronting his hypocrisy-if not indeed the hypocrisy of white
        America-in enslaving African Americans while at the same time
        declaring the "true and invaluable doctrine" of the "natural
        rights" of humankind.

1888 - The first beauty contest is held in Spa, Belgium.  The winner is
        an eighteen year old beauty from the West Indies.

1926 - Theodore Flowers, known as the "Georgia Deacon," wins the world
        middleweight boxing title in New York City.

1940 - Johnny Nash is born.  He will become a singer and will be known
        for his songs, "I Can See Clearly Now," "Stir It Up," "Hold
        Me Tight," and "A Very Special Love."

1946 - Charles F. Bolden, Jr., is born in Columbia, South Carolina.  A
        pilot who flew over 100 sorties in Southeast Asia, Bolden will
        be named an astronaut in 1981.  He will become a veteran pilot
        of several missions, including the Space Shuttle Atlantis in
        1992, when he will participate as a presenter of a special
        Academy Award to science-fiction film producer George Lucas.

1950 - Edith Spurlock Sampson becomes the first African American
        appointed to serve on the United States delegation to the United
        Nations.

1954 - Dr. Ralph J. Bunche is named undersecretary of the United Nations.

1982 - Renaldo Nehemiah of the United States sets record for the 110 meter
        hurdles in 12.93 seconds.

1989 - Nobel Peace Prize winner Bishop Desmond Tutu is among hundreds of
        black demonstrators who are whipped and sandblasted from
        helicopters as they attempt to picnic on a "whites-only" beach
        near Capetown, South Africa.

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