*               Today in Black History - November 4              *

1872 - Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback is elected as a U.S.
        congressman from Louisiana.  The fourth African American
        elected official, Treasurer Antoine Dubuclet, won elections
        in 1870 and 1874.

1872 - Three African mericans are elected to major offices in
        Louisiana elections: C.C Antoine, lieutenant governor; P.G.
        Deslonde, secretary of state; W.B. Brown, Superintendent of
        public education.

1879 - T. Elkins receives a patent on the refrigeration apparatus.

1953 - Hulan Jack becomes first African American Manhattan Borough
        President in New York City.

1958 - World renowed opera singer, Shirley Verrett, makes her debut
        in New York City.

1959 - Ernie Banks, Chicago Cubs shortstop, wins the National League
        MVP.

1969 - Howard N. Lee and Charles Evers are elected the first African
        American mayors of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Fayette,
        Mississippi respectively.

1971 - Elgin Baylor announces his retirement from the Los Angeles
        Lakers.  After 14 years in the NBA, Baylor had scored 23,149
        points, the third highest in the league, and was the fifth-
        highest career rebounder.

1978 - William Howard Jr. is elected president of the National Council
        of Churches, at the age of 32.

1982 - Rayford Logan dies in Washington, DC.  He was an educator,
        historian, and author of numerous books on African Americans,
        including the Dictionary of American Negro Biography.  Among
        his honors was a 1980 NAACP Spingarn Medal.

1984 - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince kicks off his fall tour
        in Detroit.  He breaks the record for sold-out performances
        at the 20,000-seat Joe Louis Arena. The previous record holder
        was Neil Diamond (in 1983).

1988 - Bill and Camille Cosby make a $20 million gift to Spelman
        College.  In his remarks to newly inaugurated President Johnetta
        B. Cole, Cosby states, "I want Johnetta Cole to understand the
        love that Camille and I have for this college, the love we have
        for women who, in spite of odds against them, come to this
        school to challenge themselves, to challenge the school, then to
        challenge what we call 'the outside world.'"

1988 - The Martin L. King, Jr. Federal Building is dedicated in Atlanta,
        Georgia. It is the first federal building in the nation to bear
        the name of the slain civil rights leader.

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