*             Today in Black History - September 28             *

1785 - David Walker, who will become an abolitionist and write 
	the famous "Walker's Appeal," is born free in Wilmington, 
	North Carolina.

1829 - "Walker's Appeal (To the Coloured Citizens of the World),"
	a racial antislavery pamphlet, is published in Boston, 
	Massachusetts, by David Walker.

1833 - Lemuel Haynes, Revolutionary War veteran and first African
	American to be ordained by the Congregational Church, 
	joins the ancestors at the age of 80. 

1912 - W.C. Handy's ground-breaking "Memphis Blues" is published 
	in Memphis, Tennessee. The composition was originally 
	entitled "Mr. Crump" and was written for the 1909 
	political campaign of Edward H. "Boss" Crump.

1938 - Ben E. King is born in North Carolina.  He will become a 
	rhythm and blues singer and will be best known for his 
	song, "Stand By Me."

1941 - Charley Taylor is born.  He will become a NFL wide 
	receiver/running back with the Washington Redskins.

1945 - Todd Duncan debuts with the New York City Opera as Tonio 
	in Il Pagliacci.  He is the first African American to 
	sing a leading role with a major American company, almost
	ten years before Marian Anderson sings with the 
	Metropolitan Opera.

1961 - Ossie Davis's "Purlie Victorious" opens on Broadway.  The 
	play stars Davis, Ruby Dee, Godfrey Cambridge, Alan Alda, 
	and Beah Richards.

1961 - Atlanta's segregated restaurants and other public 
	facilities are peacefully integrated, part of a plan 
	adopted by city officials earlier in the year.

1967 - Walter Washington takes office as the first mayor of the 
	District of Columbia. 

1972 - The Secretary of the Army repeals the dishonorable 
	discharges of 167 soldiers involved in the Brownsville 
	(Texas) Raid. The soldiers, members of the 25th Infantry 
	who were involved in a riot with the city's police and 
	merchants, were dishonorably discharged by President 
	Theodore Roosevelt without a trial.

1976 - Muhammad Ali retains the heavyweight boxing championship 
	in a close 15-round decision over Ken Norton at Yankee 
	Stadium.

1979 - Larry Holmes retains the heavyweight boxing championship 
	by knocking out Ernie Shavers in 11 rounds. 

1981 - Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, is sentenced to life 
	in prison for killing 2 African American joggers in Salt 
	Lake City, Utah.

1987 - The National Museum of African Art, now a part of the 
	Smithsonian Institution, opens on the National Mall in 
	Washington, DC. Founded by Warren M. Robbins in 1964 as 
	a private educational institution, it is the only museum 
	in the United States devoted exclusively to the 
	collection, study, and exhibition of the art of sub-
	Saharan Africa.

1990 - Marvin Gaye gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.

1991 - Miles Davis, jazz musician, joins the ancestors at the age 
	of 65 from pneumonia.

2003 - Althea Gibson, pioneering tennis player, joins the 
	ancestors at the age of 76 after succumbing to 
	respiratory failure. She was the first African American 
	woman to win the Wimbledon championship and was also a 
	professional golfer. 

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