*               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," 
	joins the ancestors.

1943 - Howardena Pindell is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
	She will become an accomplished artist. 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.

2015 - Percy Sledge, the Rhythm & Blues singer whose biggest hit, 
	"When a Man Loves a Woman," became a cornerstone of soul 
	music, joins the ancestors in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 

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