*		Today in Black History - August 15              *

1824 - Freed American slaves establish a settlement in West Africa 
	that will eventually become the country of Liberia.

1843 - The National Black Convention meets at Buffalo, New York, 
	with some seventy delegates from twelve states.  The 
	highlight of the convention will be a stirring address by 
	Henry Highland Garnet, a twenty seven-year-old Presbyterian
	pastor who calls for a slave revolt and a general slave 
	strike.  Amos G. Beman of New Haven, Connecticut, is 
	elected president of the convention. 

1900 - Riots erupt in New York City as a white plainclothes 
 	policeman is killed in a fight with an African American man. 
	It is the fourth racial riot in the city's history. 

1906 - At the second meeting of the Niagara Movement at Harpers 
	Ferry, West Virginia, W.E.B. DuBois demands equal 
	citizenship rights for African Americans, saying, "We will 
	not be satisfied to take one jot or title less than our full
	manhood rights..." 

1925 - Oscar Peterson is born in Montreal (Quebec), Canada.  
	Classically trained in the piano, he will work with top 
	Canadian jazz bands until 1949, when he will first appear in
	New York City's Carnegie hall. He will be recognized as a 
	jazz innovator who forges a synthesis of bop and swing into 
	his own unique style. 

1931 - Roy Wilkins joins the NAACP as assistant secretary.  

1931 - The Spingarn Medal is awarded to Richard B. Harrison for his 
	Portrayal of "De Lawd" in "The Green Pastures."

1935 - Vernon Eulion Jordan, Jr,  is born. He will become a civil 
	rights activist and the head of the National Urban League.

1938 - Maxine Waters is born in St. Louis, Missouri.  A longtime 
	California state legislator, in 1990, she will be the 
	second African American woman from California elected to 
	the United States Congress. 

1945 - Gene Upshaw is born.  He will become a professional football 
	player and a guard for the Oakland Raiders.  After 
	retirement from football, he will become the longtime 
	president of the NFL Players Association.

1960 - The Republic of the Congo gains independence from France. 

1962 - The Shady Grove Baptist Church is burned in Leesburg, 
	Georgia.

1964 - A racially motivated disturbance occurs in Dixmoor, (a 
	Chicago suburb) Illinois. 

1964 - Ralph Boston of the United States, sets the then long jump 
	record at 27' 3". 

1975 - Joanne Little is acquitted of murder charges in the August 
	27, 1974, killing of a white jailer. The defense said she 
	stabbed the jailer with an ice pick after he made sexual 
	advances.

1979 - Andrew Young resigns under pressure as U.N. ambassador 
	after unauthorized meeting with representatives of the 
	Palestine Liberation Organization. His resignation creates 
	a storm of controversy and divides the African American 
	and Jewish communities.

1999 - Tiger Woods wins the PGA Championship, becoming the youngest 
	player to win two majors since Seve Ballesteros. 

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