*		    Today in Black History - September 22         *

1853 - George Washington Murray is born near Rembert, South Carolina.
	A two-term congressman from his home state, Murray will also
	be an inventor and holder of eight patents for agricultural 
	tools.

1862 - Five days after Union forces won the Battle of Antietam, 
	President Lincoln issues a preliminary emancipation 
	proclamation.  It states that if the rebelling states did not
	return to the Union by January 1, 1863, he would declare 
	their slaves to be "forever free."

1906 - Race riots occur in Atlanta, Georgia, killing 21 people. 

1915 - Xavier University of Louisiana opens in New Orleans, the first
	Catholic college for African Americans in the United States.

1941 - Chester Lovelle Talton is born in Eldorado, Arkansas.  At 49, 
	he will become the first African American Episcopalian bishop
	to be ordained in the western United States.  As suffragan 
	bishop of the diocese of Los Angeles, he becomes the religious
	leader of Episcopalians in the fourth-largest diocese in the 
	United States.

1949 - Harold Carmichael, ex-NFL wide receiver,(Philadelphia Eagles),
	is born.

1950 - Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, director of the UN Trusteeship division 
	and former professor of political science at Howard University,
	is awarded the Nobel Peace prize for successful mediation of 
	the Palestinian peace accord.
                     
1954 - Shari Belafonte(Harper), actress (Julie-Hotel), is born in New 
	York City. 

1960 - The Republic of Mali proclaims its independence.

1961 - The Interstate Commerce Commission issues regulation prohibiting
	segregation on interstate buses and in terminal facilities.

1969 - San Francisco Giant, Willie Mays, becomes the first player since 
	Babe Ruth to hit 600 home runs. 

1985 - Robert Guillaume wins an Emmy for best leading actor in a comedy
	for Benson while The Cosby Show wins for best comedy series.

1989 - Edward Perkins, the first African American ambassador to the 
	Republic of South Africa, becomes director-general of the 
	United States Foreign Service.  The first African American 
	named to the post, Perkins will be credited with bringing more
	minorities into the foreign service.

1990 - Andre' Dawson steals his 300th base & is becomes the only player
	other than Willie Mays to have 300 HRs, 300 steals & 2,000 hits.

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