*               Today in Black History - September 11             *

1740 - An issue of the Pennsylvania Gazette reports on a Negro named
        Simon who reportedly can "bleed and draw teeth."  It is the
        first mention of an African American doctor or dentist in the
        Colonies.

1885 - Moses A. Hopkins, minister and educator,  is named minister to
        Liberia.

1923 - Charles Evers is born in Decatur, Mississippi.  He will become
        a civil rights worker who will assume the post of field
        director of the Mississippi NAACP after his brother, Medgar,
        is assassinated in 1963.  He will be elected mayor of Fayette,
        Mississippi, in 1969.

1943 - Lola Falana is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  She will
        become a dancer, most notably in Broadway's "Golden Boy", and
        be a successful performer on television and in Las Vegas, where
        she will be called "The First Lady of Las Vegas."

1953 - J. H. Jackson, pastor of Olivet Baptist Church, Chicago,
        Illinois, is elected president of the National Baptist
        Convention at its Miami meeting.

1956 - Cincinnati Red's Frank Robinson ties the rookie record with his
        38th home run.

1959 - Duke Ellington receives the NAACP's Spingarn Medal for his
        outstanding musical achievements and contributions to the field
        of music.

1962 - Two youths involved in a voter registration drive in Mississippi
        are wounded by shotgun blasts fired through the window of a
        home in Ruleville.  A spokesperson for SNCC (Student Nonviolent
        Coordinating Committee) asks the president to "convene a
        special White House Conference to discuss means of stopping
        the wave of terror sweeping through the South, especially where
        SNCC is working on voter registration."

1977 - Quincy Jones wins an Emmy for outstanding achievement in musical
        composition for the miniseries "Roots".  It is one of nine
        Emmys for the series, an unprecedented number.

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