*  Today in Black History - March 10  *

1850 - Hallie Quinn Brown is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She
        will become the author of "Homespun Heroines and Other Women
        of Distinction," a 1926 collection of biographical sketches
        of notable African American women.

1863 - Two U.S. African American infantry regiments, the First and
        Second South Carolina Volunteers, capture and occupy
        Jacksonville, Florida, causing panic along the Southern
        seaboard.  These regiments are not to be confused with the
        confederate army First South Carolina Volunteers Infantry
        Regiment.

1910 - The Pittsburgh Courier begins publishing.  It will become one
        of the most influential African American newspapers in the
        country.  In 1966, it will change its name to the "New
        Pittsburgh Courier," and continue to operate as a semi-weekly
        publication.  In 1987, the Courier will be the winner of the
        John B. Russwurm award for excellence in responsible
        journalism given by the National Newspaper Publishers
        Association to the top African American Newspapers in America.

1913 - Harriet Tubman joins the ancestors in Auburn, New York.  An
        escaped slave, Tubman was known to the Underground Railroad as
        "Black Moses" for her heroic trips south to free hundreds of
        slaves.  During the Civil War, she served as a scout, spy,
        cook, and nurse.

1926 - Marques Haynes is born.  He will become one of the Harlem
        Globetrotters' ace players.  He will handle the ball so well,
        he will be dubbed "dribbler without peer."

1963 - Jasmine Guy is born in Boston, Massachusetts.  She will become
        an actress on television and will be best known for her role
        as "Whitley" in the series "A Different World."

1969 - James Earl Ray pleads guilty in the first degree to the murder
        of Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. and will be sentenced to 99 years
        in prison.  The House Select Committee on Assassinations will
        later state that although it believes Ray shot King, Ray was
        part of a larger conspiracy.  Ray will later repudiate that
        plea, maintaining his innocence until his death.

1972 - Three thousand delegates and five thousand observers attend
        the first African American political convention in Gary,
        Indiana.   The NAACP and other groups withdraw from the
        convention after the adoption of resolutions that are critical
        of busing and the state of Israel.

1990 - Haitian ruler Lt. Gen. Prosper Avril resigns during a popular
        uprising against his military regime.

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