*                   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.

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