*                  Today in Black History - January 24               *

1885 - Martin R. Delany joins the ancestors at the age of 72 in
        Wilberforce, Ohio.  When he graduated from Harvard University
        with a medical degree, he was the first African American to do
        so.  Delany served as a physician and was the first commissioned
        African American officer in the Union Army during the Civil
        War.  He also was a leader in the fight to end racial job
        discrimination.  Delany encouraged African Americans to seek
        their own identity and is considered by some historians to be
        the father of American Black nationalism.  He is the author of
        "Search for a Place: Black Separatism and Africa," and "The
        Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored
        People in the United States.

1941 - Aaron Neville is born in New Orleans Louisiana. He will become a
        rhythm and blues singer and will enjoy his first hit in 1967,
        "Tell It Like It Is."  He will win a Grammy for his 1990 single,
        a duet with Linda Ronstadt, "Don't Know Much." He will become
        equally well known for performing vocals and keyboards with the
        group The Neville Brothers, together with his three musically
        accomplished siblings. Their albums, reflecting rock, R&B, soul,
        and jazz influences, will be compiled in "Treacherous: A History
 of the Neville Brothers, 1955-85" (1986).

1977 - Howard T. Ward becomes Georgia's first African American Superior
        Court Judge.

1985 - Four-term Los Angeles mayor Thomas Bradley is awarded the NAACP's
        Spingarn Medal for his long career as a public servant and for
        "demonstrating...that the American dream not only can be pursued
        but realized."

1988 - Forty-eight African American writers and literary critics sign a
        controversial statement that appears in "The New York Times Book
        Review" supporting author Toni Morrison and protesting her
        failure to win the "keystone honors of the National Book Award
        or the Pulitzer Prize."

1989 - Reverend Barbara Harris' election as suffragan bishop is ratified
        by the Diocese of Massachusetts.  Her election and consecration
        occur amid widespread controversy regarding the role of women
        bishops in the Episcopal Church.  She will be the first female
        bishop in the church's 450-year history.

1993 - Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court
        Justice, joins the ancestors in Washington, DC.  He will be
        buried in Arlington National Cemetery.  He was one of the most
        well-known figures in the history of civil rights in America and
        served on the Supreme Court for 24 years.

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