*                   Today in Black History - October 12               *

1904 - William Montague Cobb is born in Washington, DC. He will become
        a physician, longtime professor of anatomy, and editor of the
        Journal of the National Medical Association from 1949 to 1977.

1908 - Ann Petry is born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.  She will become
        the author of "The Street and the Juvenile Work", and "Harriet
        Tubman, Conductor of the Underground Railroad."

1925 - Xavier University, America's only African American Catholic
        college, becomes a reality, when the College of Liberal Arts
        and Sciences is established.  The first degrees were awarded
        three years later. (The Normal School was founded in 1915.)

1929 - Napoleon Brown is born in Charlotte, North Carolina.  He will
        become a blues singer better known as "Nappy" Brown.  He will
        begin his career as the lead singer for the gospel group, The
        Heavenly Lights, recording for Savoy Records.  In 1954, Savoy
        will convince Brown to cross over to secular music.  For the
        next few years, he will ride the first wave of rock and roll
        until his records stop selling.  After years away from the
        limelight, Nappy Brown will resurface in 1984 with an album for
        Landslide Records.  Since then, he has been regularly performing
        and currently records for the New Moon Blues independent label.

1932 - Richard Claxton Gregory is born in St. Louis, Missouri. He will
        be better known as "Dick" Gregory and in the 1960's will become
        a comedic pioneer, bringing a new perspective to comedy and
        opening many doors for Black entertainers. Once he achieves
        success in the entertainment world, he will shift gears and use
        his talents to help causes in which he believes.  He will serve
        the community for over forty years as a comedian, civil and
        human rights activist and health/nutrition advocate. On October
        9, 2000, his friends and supporters will honor him at a Kennedy
        Center gala, showing him their "appreciation for his uncommon
        character, unconditional love, and generous service."

1935 - Samuel Moore is born in Miami, Florida.  He will become a rhythm
        and blues singer and one half of the group: Sam & Dave (Dave
        Prater).  The two singers will be brought together onstage at
        Miami's King of Hearts nightclub during an amateur night venue.
        Sam and Dave will record for the Alston and Roulette labels
        before being discovered by Atlantic Records' Jerry Wexler, who
        caught their act at the King of Hearts in 1964 and then sent
        them to Memphis-based Stax to record the next year.  They will
        be best know for their hits, "Hold On! I'm a Comin'", "Soul Man",
        "I Thank You", and "You Got Me Hummin'".  Sam and Dave will
        finally call it quits after a performance in San Francisco on
        New Year's Eve in 1981.  Samuel Moore will live to see the
        induction of Sam and Dave into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
        in 1992 (Dave Prater will be killed in an automobile accident
        in 1988).

1968 - Equatorial Guinea gains independence from Spain.

1972 - Forty-six African American and white sailors are injured in a
        racially motivated insurrection aboard the aircraft carrier
        Kitty Hawk, off the coast of North Vietnam.

1989 - George Beavers, Jr., the last surviving founder of Golden State
        Life Insurance Company of Los Angeles, California, joins the
        ancestors. He co-founded this company in 1925, which is the
        third largest African American life insurance company, with $120
        million in assets and $5 billion of insurance in force.

1989 - Herschel Walker is traded from the Dallas Cowboys to the Minnesota
        Vikings for 12 players.  The trade will turn out a lot better for
        Dallas than for Minnesota.

1999 - Wilt Chamberlain joins the ancestors.  He succumbs to a heart attack
        at the age of 63 in his Bel Air home in Los Angeles, California.
        Chamberlain was a center so big, agile and dominant that he forced
        basketball to change its rules and was the only player to score
        100 points in an NBA game.

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