*               Today in Black History - May 7          *

1867 - African American demonstrators stage a ride-in to protest
        segregation on New Orleans streetcars. Similar demonstrations
        occur in Mobile, Alabama, and other cities.

1878 - J.R. Winters receives a patent for the fire escape ladder.

1884 - Henrietta Vinton Davis performs scenes from Shakespeare with
        Powhatan Beaty at Ford's Opera House in Washington, DC, site
        of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.  Vinton's
        career will span a total of 44 years and will include her
        involvement with Marcus Garvey's UNIA, including a vice-
        presidency of Garvey's doomed Black Star Line.

1885 - Dr. John E. W. Thompson, graduate of the Yale University
        Medical School, is named minister to Haiti.

1931 - Literary critic and editor Darwin Turner is born in Cincinnati,
        Ohio.  His major works will include "Black American Literature:
        Essays, Poetry Fiction and Drama" (1969) and "Voices from the
        Black Experience: African and Afro-American Literature" (1972).

1939 - Jimmy Ruffin is born in Colinsville, Mississippi. The older
        brother of the Temptations' lead singer David Ruffin, he will
        become a singer on the Motown label and will best known for the
        hit "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted."  He will also record
        "Hold on to My Love," "There Will Never be Another You," and
        "I'll Say Forever My Love."

1941 - "Natural Man," a play by Theodore Browne, premieres in New York
        City.  It is a production of the American Negro Theatre, founded
        by Abram Hill and Frederick O'Neal.

1945 - Baseball owner Branch Rickey announces the organization of the
        United States Negro Baseball League, consisting of six teams.

1946 - William Hastie is inaugurated as the first African American
        governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

1959 - 93,103 fans pack the Los Angeles Coliseum for an exhibition game
        between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees. It is
        "Roy Campanella Night."  The star catcher for the Dodgers,
        paralyzed in an automobile accident, is honored for his
        contributions to the team for many years.  "Campie" will
        continue to serve in various capacities with the Dodger
        organization for many years.

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