*		Today in Black History - September 19         *

1865 - Atlanta University is founded.

1868 - White Democrats attack demonstrators, who are marching 
	from Albany to Camilla, Georgia, and kill nine African 
	Americans. Several whites are wounded.

1931 - Benjamin Franklin Peay is born in Camden, South Carolina.  
	He will become a rhythm and blues singer better known as 
	Brook Benton. He  will amass 16 gold records and be best
	known for the songs "A Rainy Night in Georgia" and "It's 
	Just a Matter of Time." He will join the ancestors on
	April 9, 1988.

1945 - Freda Charcelia Payne is born in Detroit, Michigan. She 
	will become a singer whose hits will include "Band of 
	Gold" in 1970.

1947 - Lawrence "Larry" Brown is born in Clairton, Pennsylvania.
	He will become a Washington Redskins' running back and 
	the third NFL player to rush over 4,000 yards in his 
	first four professional seasons.

1956 - The first international conference of Black Writers & 
	Artists meets at the Sorbonne, in Paris, France. 

1965 - Debbye Turner is born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She will become 
	Miss America in 1990, becoming the third African American
	woman to wear the crown.  

1981 - More than 300,000 demonstrators from labor and civil 
	rights organizations protest the social policies of the 
	Reagan administration in a Solidarity Day March in 
	Washington, DC.

1989 - Gordon Parks's film "The Learning Tree" is selected among 
	the first films to be registered by the National Film 
	Registry of the Library of Congress. The National Film 
	Registry was formed by an act of Congress the previous 
	year to recognize films that are "culturally, 
	historically, or aesthetically significant."  Parks's 
	1969 movie joins other classic films such as 
	"Casablanca," "Gone With the Wind," and "The Wizard of 
	Oz."

1989 - The first issue of Emerge magazine goes on sale.  Emerge,
	founded by Wilmer C. Ames, Jr., covers domestic and 
	international news and issues from an African American 
	perspective.

1994 - U.S. troops peacefully enter Haiti to enforce the return 
	of exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

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