*		Today in Black History - March 10		*

1850 - Hallie Quinn Brown is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She 
	will become the author of "Homespun Heroines and Other Women 
	of Distinction," a 1926 collection of biographical sketches 
	of notable African American women.

1863 - Two U.S. African American infantry regiments, the First and 
	Second South Carolina Volunteers, capture and occupy 
	Jacksonville, Florida, causing panic along the Southern 
	seaboard.  These regiments are not to be confused with the
	confederate army First South Carolina Volunteers Infantry 
	Regiment.

1910 - The Pittsburgh Courier begins publishing.  It will become one 
	of the most influential African American newspapers in the 
	country.  In 1966, it will change its name to the "New 
	Pittsburgh Courier," and continue to operate as a semi-weekly
	publication.  In 1987, the Courier will be the winner of the 
	John B. Russwurm award for excellence in responsible 
	journalism given by the National Newspaper Publishers
	Association to the top African American Newspapers in America. 

1913 - Harriet Tubman joins the ancestors in Auburn, New York.  An 
	escaped slave, Tubman was known to the Underground Railroad as 
	"Black Moses" for her heroic trips south to free hundreds of 
	slaves.  During the Civil War, she served as a scout, spy, 
	cook, and nurse. 

1963 - Jasmine Guy is born in Boston, Massachusetts.  She will become
	an actress on television and will be best known for her role
	as "Whitley" in the series "A Different World." 

1969 - James Earl Ray pleads guilty in the first degree to the murder 
	of Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. and will be sentenced to 99 years 
	in prison.  The House Select Committee on Assassinations will 
	later state that although it believes Ray shot King, Ray was 
	part of a larger conspiracy.  Ray will later repudiate that 
	plea, maintaining his innocence until his death.

1972 - Three thousand delegates and five thousand observers attend
	the first African American political convention in Gary, 
	Indiana.   The NAACP and other groups withdraw from the 
	convention after the adoption of resolutions that are critical
	of busing and the state of Israel.

1990 - Haitian ruler Lt. Gen. Prosper Avril resigns during a popular 
	uprising against his military regime.

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