*                 Today in Black History - January 9                 *

1866 - Fisk College is established in Nashville, Tennessee.  Rust College
        is established in Holly Springs, Mississippi.  Lincoln University
        is established in Jefferson City, Missouri.

1901 - Edward Mitchell Bannister joins the ancestors in Providence, Rhode
        Island. Challenged to become an artist after reading a newspaper
        article deriding African Americans' ability to produce art, he
        disproved that statement throughout a distinguished art career.

1906 - Poet and author, Paul Laurence Dunbar, joins the ancestors after
        succumbing to tuberculosis. Dunbar was so talented and versatile
        that he succeeded in two worlds.  He was so adept at writing verse
        in Black English that he became known as the "poet of his people,"
        while also cultivating a white audience that appreciated the
        brilliance and value of his work.  "Majors and Minors" (1895),
        Dunbar's second collection of verse, was a remarkable work
        containing some of his best poems in both Black and standard
        English.  When the country's reigning literary critic, William
        Dean Howells reviewed "Majors and Minors" favorably, Dunbar became
        famous.  And Howells' introduction in "Lyric of Lowly Life" (1896)
        helped make Dunbar the most popular African American writer in
        America at the time.

1914 - Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded at Howard University.

1935 - Earl G. Graves is born in Brooklyn, New York.  He will become
        president and chief executive officer of Earl G. Graves, Ltd.,
        the publisher of "Black Enterprise" magazine, a successful
        entrepreneur, and one of the strongest advocates for
        African American business.

1942 - Joe Louis knocks out Buddy Baer in the first round in the 20th
        title defense of his world heavyweight title in New York City.

1946 - Lyric poet, Countee Cullen joins the ancestors in New York City at
        the age of 42.  His several volumes of poetry include "Color"
        (1925); "Copper Sun" (1927); "The Black Christ" (1929); and "On
        These I Stand" (published posthumously, 1947), his selection of
        poems by which he wished to be remembered.  Cullen also wrote a
        novel dealing with life in Harlem, "One Way to Heaven" (1931),
        and a children's book, "The Lost Zoo" (1940).

1958 - The University of Cincinnati's Oscar Robertson scores 56 points
        against Seton Hall University, whose team total is 54 points.

1965 - Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues is born in Baltimore, Maryland.  He will
        become a high school standout at Paul Lawrence Dunbar High, on
        same team that produced first round draft picks Reggie Williams
        and the late Reggie Lewis along with former Hornets teammate
        David Wingate.  He will play college basketball at Wake Forest
        (where his jersey #14 will be retired) and become a NBA guard
        with the Charlotte Hornets and Golden State Warriors.  All these
        accomplishments and only five feet three inches tall.

1967 - The Georgia legislature, bowing to legal decisions and national
        pressure, seats state Representative Julian Bond, a critic of
        the Vietnam War.

1970 - After 140 years of unofficial racial discrimination, the Mormon
        Church issues an official statement declaring that blacks were
        not yet to receive the priesthood "for reasons which we believe
        are known to God, but which He has not made fully known to man."

1989 - Time, Inc. agrees to sell NYT Cable for $420 million to Comcast
        Corporation, Lenfest Communications, and an investment group
        led by African American entrepreneur J. Bruce Llewellyn.  It is
        the largest cable TV acquisition by an African American.

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