*		Today in Black History - May 12		*

1896 - Juan Morel Campos joins the ancestors in Ponce, Puerto 
	Rico. He was a musician and composer who was one of the 
	first to integrate Afro-Caribbean styles and folk rhythms 
	into the classical European musical model. He was 
	considered the father of the "danza."       

1898 - Louisiana adopts a new constitution with a "grandfather 
	clause" designed to eliminate African American voters.

1902 - Joe Gans (born Joseph Gaines) becomes the first native-
	born African American to win a world boxing championship, 
	when he defeats Frank Erne in one round for the World 
	Lightweight Crown.  He will be elected to the Boxing Hall 
	of Fame in 1954.

1910 - The Second NAACP conference opens in New York City.  The 
	three day conference will create a permanent national 
	structure for the organization.

1916 - Albert L. Murray is born in Nokomis, Alabama.  He will 
	become an author of several works of nonfiction, among 
	them the influential collection of essays, "The Omni 
	Americans: New Perspectives on Black Experience and 
	American Culture." His other works will include "South 
	to a Very Old Place," "The Hero and The Blues," "Train 
	Whistle Guitar," "The Spyglass Tree," "Stomping The 
	Blues," "Good Morning Blues," and "The Blue Devils of 
	Nada."

1926 - Paulette Poujol-Oriol is born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 
	She will become a well-known literary personality in 
	Haiti. She will be best known for her innovative creative 
	expression.  Her works will include "Prayers for Two 
	Vanished Angels" and "The Crucible."

1926 - Mervyn Dymally is born in Cedros, Trinidad. He will become 
	the first African American elected as lieutenant governor 
	of California and will be elected to Congress in 1980, 
	where he will serve for 12 years.

1929 - Samuel Nujoma is born in Etunda, South West Africa (now 
	Namibia). He will become a nationalist politician and the 
	first president of Namibia. He will remain in exile for 
	thirty years from 1959 to 1989 when he will return to 
	Namibia and win a seat in the National Assembly. He will 
	vacate this seat in 1990 when he is elected president.

1933 - Henry Hugh Proctor joins the ancestors in Brooklyn, New 
	York at the age of 64. He had been the pastor of Nazarene
	Congregational Church for thirteen years. Prior to coming 
	to New York, he had been pastor of the First 
	Congregational Church in Atlanta, Georgia for twenty four
	years, where he had been instrumental in working with 
	local whites in order to reduce racial conflicts in the 
	city.

1934 - Elechi Amadi is born in Aluu, Nigeria. He will become a 
	novelist whose works will illustrate the tradition and 
	inner feelings of traditional tribal life of his people. 
	He will be known for his works "The Concubine," "Sunset 
	in Biafra: A Civil War Diary," "The Great Ponds," "The 
	Slave," "Estrangement," "Isiburu," "Peppersoup," "The
	Road to Ibadan," "Dancer of Johannesburg," and "Ethics 
	in Nigerian Culture." His writings reflect his 
	upbringing as a member of the Igbo ethnic group in 
	Nigeria.

1951 - Former U.S. Congressman Oscar Stanton DePriest joins the 
	ancestors at the age of 80 in Chicago, Illinois. He had 
	been the first African American elected to the U.S. 
	Congress since Reconstruction and the first-ever African 
	American congressman from the North.

1955 - Samuel ("Toothpick Sam") Jones, of the Chicago Cubs, 
	becomes the first African American to pitch a major 
	league no-hitter, against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1958 - At a summit meeting of national African American leaders, 
	President Dwight D. Eisenhower is sharply criticized for 
	a speech which, in effect, urges them to "be patient" in 
	their demands for full civil and voting rights.

1967 - H. Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as chairman of 
	the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.

1969 - Kim Fields (later Freeman) is born in Los Angeles, 
	California.  She will become an actress as a child, 
	starring in the sit-com, "The Facts of Life" (1979-1988).  
	She will continue her television career on the "Living 
	Single" show, which will premier in 1993.  

1970 - Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs hits his 500th home run. 

1970 - A racially motivated civil disturbance occurs in Augusta, 
	Georgia. Six African Americans are killed.  Authorities 
	say five of the victims were shot by police.

1976 - Wynona Carr joins the ancestors. She had been a gospel 
	singer who was best known for her rendition of "The Ball 
	Game." Her other recordings were "Each Day," "Lord 
	Jesus," "Dragnet for Jesus," "Fifteen Rounds for Jesus,"
	"Operator, Operator," "Should I Ever Love Again," and
	"Our Father." 

1991 - Hampton University students stage a silent protest against
	President George Bush's commencement address to highlight 
	their opposition to his civil rights policies.

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