*		Today in Black History - May 6		        *

1787 - Prince Hall forms African Lodge 459, the first African 
	American Masonic Lodge in the United States.

1794 - Haiti, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolts against France.

1812 - Martin R. Delany is born free in Charlestown, Virginia. He 
	will become the first African American field officer to 
	serve in the Civil War.  He will also be a noted physician, 
	author, explorer, and a newspaper editor.

1930 - Noted actor Charles Gilpin joins the ancestors. The founder 
	and manager of the Lafayette Theatre Company, one of the 
	earliest African American stock companies in New York, 
	Gilpin achieved fame for his performance as Brutus Jones 
	in Eugene O'Neill's play "The Emperor Jones."  In 1921, he 
	won the NAACP's Spingarn Medal in recognition of his 
	theatrical career.

1931 - Willie Mays is born in Westfield, Alabama.  He will become a
	professional baseball player at the age of 16, for the 
	Birmingham Black Barons.  After graduating from high school, 
	he will be signed by the New York Giants.  His 7095 putouts 
	will be the all-time record for an outfielder.  His career 
	batting average will be .302.  For eight consecutive years, 
	he will drive in more than 100 runs a year, and his 660 home
	runs will put him in third place for the all-time home run 
	record.  He will win the Gold Glove Award 12 times. He will 
	be voted Most Valuable Player in the National League in 
	both 1954 and 1965. He will be inducted into the Baseball 
	Hall of Fame in 1979.

1960 - The Civil Rights Act of 1960 is signed by President 
	Eisenhower. The act acknowledges the federal government's 
	responsibility in matters involving civil rights and 
	reverses its customary "hands-off" policy.

1967 - Four hundred students seize the administration building at 
	Cheyney State College.

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