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*                    Today in Black History - May 26                    *

1799 - Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin is born in Moscow, Russia. He will be
        first published in the journal, "The Messenger of Europe" in 1814.
        Pushkin today is regarded as the Father of Russian Literature.

1899 - Aaron Douglas is born in Topeka, Kansas. He will become a world-
        renowned painter and muralist whose work will embrace the African
        ancestral arts and express pride in the African American image at
        a time when doing so was highly unpopular.  His most famous works
        will be "Aspects of Negro Life," "Let My People Go," "Judgment Day"
        and "Building More Stately Mansions."

1907 - Elizabeth Keckley, seamstress and confidante to Mary Todd Lincoln,
        joins the ancestors after succumbing to a paralytic stroke in
        Washington, DC.  Keckley was the author of "Behind the Scenes or
        Thirty Years a Slave," and "Four Years in the White House" (1868),
        one of the first insider accounts of a White House Presidency.

1926 - Miles (Dewey) Davis is born in Alton, Illinois.  For over four
        decades, he will be one of the most innovative and influential jazz
        trumpeters, known for his hard bop and jazz and fusion
        accomplishments.  Most noted for the albums "Sketches of Spain,"
        "Miles Smiles," and "Kind of Blue," he will also win three Grammy
        awards for his albums "We Want Miles," "Decoy," and "Tutu" and be
        awarded the French Legion d'Honneur in 1991. He will join the
        ancestors on September 28, 1991, but his music, style, and
        collaborators all continue to influence not only jazz music, but
        popular culture as well.

1943 - President Edwin Barclay of Liberia, becomes the first African
        president to pay an official visit to an American president,
        arriving at the White House.

1949 - Philip Michael Thomas is born in Columbus Ohio.  He will become an
        actor and will be best known for his role in the TV series, "Miami
        Vice."  He also will have roles in the movies "Homeboy," "Stigma,"
        "Streetfight," "Black Fist," "Miami Vice-The Movie," "Miami Vice 2 -
        The Prodigal Son," "A Fight For Jenny,"  "Death Drug," "A Little
        Piece Of Sunshine," "Sparkle," and "The Wizard of Speed and Time."

1949 - Pam Grier is born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  She will be
        raised on military bases in England and Germany. During her teen
        years the family will settle in Denver, Colorado, where at the
        age of 18, Grier entered the Miss Colorado Universe pageant.
        Named first runner-up, she will attract the attention of Hollywood
        agent David Baumgarten, who signed her to a contract. She will
        move to Hollywood and after struggling for a few years will become
        the reigning queen of the 1970s blaxploitation genre. She will be
        best known for her 1974 role as "Foxy Brown." She will make a
        comeback in 1988 in the Steven Segal movie "Above the Law," and will
        star in a variety of major films through year 2000.

1961 - The Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee is established in Atlanta,
        Georgia.

1968 - Ruth A. Lucas is promoted to Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, the
        first African American woman to achieve this rank.

1968 - Arthur Ashe wins the National Men's Singles in the U.S. Lawn Tennis
        Association Open Tournament, becoming the first African American
        male to win a major tennis title.

1969 - The National Black Economic Development Conference adopts a
        manifesto in a Detroit meeting, calling for $500 Million in
        reparations from white churches.

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