*                   Today in Black History - June 10                  *

1854 - James Augustine Healy is ordained as a Catholic priest in ceremonies
        at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, France at the age of 24.  He will
        later become the first African American Roman Catholic bishop.

1898 - Hattie McDaniel is born in Wichita, Kansas.   A vaudevilian, she
        will begin her acting career at age 37 in the film 'The Golden West'.
        McDaniel will go on to roles in over 70 films, including 'The Little
        Colonel', 'Show Boat', and most notably 'Gone With The Wind', which
        will earn her an Oscar as best supporting actress in 1940.  She will
        also star in the radio program 'Beulah' from 1947 to 1951.

1899 - The Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (I.B.P.O.E.) is
        founded in Cincinnati, Ohio.

1910 - Chester Arthur Burnett is born in Aberdeen. Mississippi.  He will be
        better known as 'Howlin Wolf', a delta bluesman whose recordings will
        inspire English rock bands to adopt his style and material.

1940 - The famed Cotton Club in Harlem closes.  Home to some of the most
        important jazz talents of their day, including Duke Ellington, Lena
        Horne, and many others, the club falls victim to changing musical
        tastes and poor attendance.

1941 - Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey joins the ancestors in London, England at
        the age of 52.

1946 - Jack Arthur Johnson, the first African American heavyweight boxing
        champion, joins the ancestors after succumbing to injuries from an
        automobile accident near Raleigh, North Carolina at the age of 68.  He
        will be buried in Graceland Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.

1964 - The U.S. Senate imposes cloture for the first time on a civil rights
        measure, ending a southern filibuster by a vote of 71-29.

1972 - Sammy Davis, Jr. earns his place at the top of the popular music
        charts for the first time, after years in the entertainment business
        with his first number one song, "The Candy Man". The song stayed at
        the top for three consecutive weeks and stayed on the pop charts for
        16 weeks.

1980 - Nelson Mandela, jailed for life by the apartheid government of South
        Africa, has his writings smuggled from prison and made public,
        continuing to spark the general population.

1985 - Herschel Walker, of the New Jersey Generals, breaks the 2,000 yard
        mark in rushing during the season as the Generals win over
        Jacksonville 31-24.  The effort sets a United States Football League
        (USFL) record. This feat had only been reached twice in the National
        Football League (NFL) -- once by O.J. Simpson in 1973 for 2,003 yards
        and Eric Dickerson in 1984 for 2,105 yards.

1997 - Geronimo Pratt, political prisoner and ex-Black Panther, is
        released from prison on bail.  A judge agrees that had Pratt's
        original jury known that the prosecution key witness was a
        FBI and police informant, the outcome may have been different.

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