*		   Today in Black History - May 2		     *

1844 - Elijah McCoy is born in Colchester, Ontario, Canada. He 
	will become a master inventor and holder of over 50 
	patents. He will be the inventor of a device that allows 
	machines to be lubricated while they are still in 
	operation. Machinery buyers insisted on McCoy lubrication 
	systems when buying new machines and will take nothing 
	less than what becomes known as the "real McCoy." The 
	inventor's automatic oiling devices will become so 
	universal that no heavy-duty machinery will be considered
	adequate without it, and the expression becomes part of 
	America culture.

1920 - The first game of the National Negro Baseball League (NNL) 
	is played in Indianapolis, Indiana.  The NNL was formed 
	earlier in the year by Andrew "Rube" Foster and a group of
	African American baseball club owners to combat prejudice 
	and further enjoyment of the game.

1968 - The Poor People's March, led by Ralph D. Abernathy, begins 
	as caravans from all over the country leave for Washington, 
	DC., to protest poverty and racial discrimination.

1990 - The government of South Africa and the African National 
	Congress open their first formal talks aimed at paving the 
	way for more substantive negotiations on dismantling 
	apartheid. 

1992 - Los Angeles begins a massive cleanup and rebuilding effort 
	after three days of widespread civil unrest.  The April 29 
	acquittal of four police officers in the 1991 beating of 
	motorist Rodney G. King fueled perceptions of unequal 
	justice for African Americans and sparked multiracial 
	violence that resulted in unprecedented figures of 58 
	deaths, over 2,000 injuries, over 600 fires, $1 billion in 
	property damage and spread to San Francisco, Las Vegas, 
	Seattle, Atlanta, Madison (Wisconsin), and Toronto.

1994 - Nelson Mandela claims victory in the wake of South Africa's 
	first democratic elections. President F.W. de Klerk 
	acknowledges defeat.

1999 - Reverend Jesse Jackson, who leads a group of religious 
	leaders to the country of Serbia, obtains the release of 
	three American Army prisoners of war, Staff Sgt. Andrew A. 
	Ramirez, 24, of Los Angeles;Spc. Steven M. Gonzales, 21, of 
	Huntsville, Texas; and Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Stone, 25, 
	of Smiths Creek, Mich. at 4:45 EST.

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