*             Today in Black History - November 8              *

1878 - Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor , the world's fastest bicycle
        racer for 12 years, is born in Indianapolis, Indiana.

1924 - Esther Rolle is born in Pompano Beach, Florida.  She will
        become an actress, primarily on televison.  She will win an
        Emmy Award for her role in "Summer of My German Soldier".
        She will be best-known, however, for her role as Florida,
        in the sit-com "Good Times."

1932 - The NAACP's Spingarn Medal is awarded to Robert R. Moton,
        president of Tuskegee Institute, for his "thoughtful
        leadership in conservative opinion and action."

1938 - Crystal Bird Fauset of Philadelphia, is elected to the
        Pennsylvania House of Representatives.  She is the first
        African American woman elected to a state legislature.

1947 - Minnie Ripperton, singer ("Loving You"), is born in Chicago,
        Illinois.

1953 - Alfre Woodard, actress, "Miss Evers' Boys," "How to Make an
        American Quilt", is born.

1959 - The 'Big E', Elgin Baylor of the Minneapolis Lakers, scores
        64 points and sets a National Basketball Association scoring
        record.

1960 - Otis M. Smith is elected auditor general of Michigan and
        becomes the first African American chosen in a statewide
        election since Reconstruction.

1966 - Edward W. Brooke (Republican, Massachusetts), is elected to
        the U.S. Senate and becomes the first African American senator
        since Reconstruction and the first African American senator
        elected by popular vote.

1966 - Frank Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles, the American League's
        batting and home-run champion, is named the league's Most
        Valuable Player.

1966 - John H. Johnson, publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines, is
        awarded the NAACP's Spingarn Medal "for his productive
        imagination...in the perilous field of publishing" and "for
        his contributions to the enhancement of the Negro's self-image
        through his publications."

1983 - W. Wilson Goode of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Harvey Gantt
        of Charlotte, North Carolina, and James A. Sharp, Jr. of
        Flint, Michigan, are the first African Americans elected
        mayor of their respective cities.

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