*               Today in Black History - April 24               *

1867 - The first national meeting of the Ku Klux Klan is held at
        the Maxwell House in Nashville, Tennessee.

        African American demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond,
        Virginia streetcars.  Troops were mobilized to restore
        order.

1884 - The Medico-Chirurgical Society of the District of Columbia
        is founded.  It is the first African American medical
        society.

1886 - Augustine Tolton is ordained as a Catholic priest after
        studying at the College of the Propagation of the Faith in
        Rome for five years.  Tolton will distinguish himself as a
        speaker and a pastor at Catholic churches in New Jersey,
        New York City, Chicago, and Quincy, Illinois.

1895 - The National Association of Colored Physicians, Dentists and
        Pharmacists is organized at the First Congregational Church
        in Atlanta, Georgia.  It will change its name to the
        National Medical Association in 1903.

1943 - Speaking on race relations and racial equality at Wayne
        State University, Langston Hughes says, "I am for the
        Christianity that fights poll tax, race discrimination,
        lynching, injustice and inequality of the masses. I don't
        feel that religion should be used to beat down Jews [and]
        Negroes, and to persecute other minority groups.

1944 - In Smith v. Allwright, the Supreme Court rules that a "white
        primary" law that excludes African Americans from voting is
        a violation of the 15th Amendment and thus unconstitutional.

1972 - James M. Rodger, Jr., of Durham, North Carolina, is honored
        in a White House ceremony as National Teacher of the Year.
        He is the first African American to receive the honor.

        Robert Wedgeworth is named director of the American Library
        Association. He is the first African American to head the
        organization.

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        The source for these facts are "Encyclopedia Britannica,
        "InfoBeat," "I, Too, Sing America - The African American
        Book of Days," and independent research by the
        Information Man.
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