*               Today in Black History - April 14               *

1775 - The first U.S. abolitionist society, the Pennsylvania Society for
        the Abolition of Slavery, is formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
        by Quakers.  Benjamin Franklin serves as its first president.

1868 - South Carolina voters approve a new constitution, 70,758 to 27,228,
        and elect state officers, including the first African American
        cabinet officer, Francis L. Cardozo, secretary of state.  The new
        constitution requires integrated education and contains a strong
        bill of rights section: "Distinctions on account of race or color,
        in any case whatever, shall be prohibited, and all classes of
        citizens shall enjoy equally all common, public, legal and political
        privileges."

1873 - The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Slaughterhouse cases begins
        process of diluting the Fourteenth Amendment. The court says the
        Fourteenth Amendment protects federal civil rights, not "civil
        rights heretofore belonging exclusively to the states."

1906 - The Azusa Street Revival -- proto-mission out of which the modern
        Pentecostal movement will spread world-wide -- officially begins
        when the services led by African American evangelist William J.
        Seymour, 36, moves into the building at 312 Azusa Street in Los
        Angeles, California.

1915 - James Hutton Brew, "Pioneer of West African Journalism," joins the
        ancestors.

1943 - Howardena Pindell is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She will
        become an accomplished artist. A student at Boston and Yale
        universities, she will receive several art fellowships and travel
        the world to create art that reflects a clear artistic vision and
        an intense commitment to issues of racial and social injustice.

1969 - The student Afro-American Society seizes the Columbia College
        admissions office and demands a special admissions board and
        staff.

1991 - A major retrospective of the late Romare Bearden's career and
        work opens at the Studio Museum of Harlem.  Entitled Memory and
        Metaphor: The Art of Romare Bearden 1940-1987, the exhibit
        includes 140 oil and watercolor paintings as well as numerous
        collages that chronicle his exploration of abstract expressionism,
        social realism, and reinterpretation of classical themes in art
        and literature.

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