*                   Today in Black History - September 11                *

1740 - An issue of the Pennsylvania Gazette reports on a Negro named Simon
        who reportedly can "bleed and draw teeth."  It is the first mention
        of an African American doctor or dentist in the American Colonies.

1885 - Moses A. Hopkins, minister and educator, is named minister to
        Liberia.

1923 - Charles Evers is born in Decatur, Mississippi.  He will become
        a civil rights worker who will assume the post of field director
        of the Mississippi NAACP after his brother, Medgar, is assassinated
        in 1963.  He will be elected mayor of Fayette, Mississippi, in 1969.

1943 - Lola Falana is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  She will become
        a dancer, most notably in Broadway's "Golden Boy", and be a successful
        performer on television and in Las Vegas, where she will be called
        "The First Lady of Las Vegas."

1953 - J. H. Jackson, pastor of Olivet Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois, is
        elected president of the National Baptist Convention at its Miami
        meeting.

1956 - Cincinnati Red's Frank Robinson ties the rookie record with his 38th
        home run.

1959 - Duke Ellington receives the NAACP's Spingarn Medal for his
outstanding
        musical achievements and contributions to the field of music.

1962 - Two youths involved in a voter registration drive in Mississippi are
        wounded by shotgun blasts fired through the window of a home in
        Ruleville.  A spokesperson for SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating
        Committee) asks the president to "convene a special White House
        Conference to discuss means of stopping the wave of terror sweeping
        through the South, especially where SNCC is working on voter
        registration."

1977 - Quincy Jones wins an Emmy for outstanding achievement in musical
        composition for the miniseries "Roots".  It is one of nine Emmys for
        the series, an unprecedented number.

1999 - Serena Williams wins the U.S. Open women's title, beating top-seeded
        Martina Hingis, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4).

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