*               Today in Black History - April 14               *

1775 - The first U.S. abolitionist society, the Pennsylvania Society for
        the Abolition of Slavery, is formed in Philadelphia,
        Pennsylvania, by Quakers.  Benjamin Franklin serves as its first
        president.

1868 - South Carolina voters approve a new constitution, 70,758 to
        27,228, and elect state officers, including the first African
        American cabinet officer, Francis L. Cardozo, secretary of
        state.  The new constitution requires integrated education and
        contains a strong bill of rights section: "Distinctions on
        account of race or color, in any case whatever, shall be
        prohibited, and all classes of citizens shall enjoy equally all
        common, public, legal and political privileges."

1873 - The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Slaughterhouse cases begins
        process of diluting the Fourteenth Amendment. The court says the
        Fourteenth Amendment protects federal civil rights, not "civil
        rights heretofore belonging exclusively to the states."

1906 - The Azusa Street Revival -- proto-mission out of which the modern
        Pentecostal movement will spread world-wide -- officially begins
        when the services led by African American evangelist William J.
        Seymour, 36, moves into the building at 312 Azusa Street in Los
        Angeles, California.

1915 - James Hutton Brew, "Pioneer of West African Journalism," dies.

1943 - Artist Howardena Pindell is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A
        student at Boston and Yale universities, she will receive
        several art fellowships and travel the world to create art that
        reflects a clear artistic vision and an intense commitment to
        issues of racial and social injustice.

1969 - The student Afro-American Society seizes the Columbia College
        admissions office and demands a special admissions board and
        staff.

1991 - A major retrospective of the late Romare Bearden's career and
        work opens at the Studio Museum of Harlem.  Entitled Memory and
        Metaphor: The Art of Romare Bearden 1940-1987, the exhibit
        includes 140 oil and watercolor paintings as well as numerous
        collages that chronicle his exploration of abstract
        expressionism, social realism, and reinterpretation of
        classical themes in art and literature.

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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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