*               Today in Black History - April 24               *

1867 - The first national meeting of the Ku Klux Klan is held at the
        Maxwell House in Nashville, Tennessee.

1867 - African American demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond,
        Virginia streetcars.  Troops were mobilized to restore order.

1884 - The Medico-Chirurgical Society of the District of Columbia is
        founded.  It is the first African American medical society.

1886 - Augustine Tolton is ordained as a Catholic priest after studying
        at the College of the Propagation of the Faith in Rome for five
        years.  Tolton will distinguish himself as a speaker and a pastor
        at Catholic churches in New Jersey, New York City, Chicago, and
        Quincy, Illinois.

1895 - The National Association of Colored Physicians, Dentists and
        Pharmacists is organized at the First Congregational Church in
        Atlanta, Georgia.  It will change its name to the National Medical
        Association in 1903.

1943 - Speaking on race relations and racial equality at Wayne State
        University, Langston Hughes says, "I am for the Christianity that
        fights poll tax, race discrimination, lynching, injustice and
        inequality of the masses. I don't feel that religion should be
        used to beat down Jews [and] Negroes, and to persecute other
        minority groups.

1944 - In Smith v. Allwright, the Supreme Court rules that a "white primary"
        law that excludes African Americans from voting is a violation of
        the 15th Amendment and thus unconstitutional.

1972 - James M. Rodger, Jr., of Durham, North Carolina, is honored in a
        White House ceremony as National Teacher of the Year.  He is the
        first African American to receive the honor.

1972 - Robert Wedgeworth is named director of the American Library
        Association. He is the first African American to head the
        organization.

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