*               Today in Black History - October 15             *

1877 - Jackson College in Jackson Mississippi is established.

1883 - The U.S. Supreme Court declares The Civil Rights Act of 1875
        unconstitutional.

1890 -  Savannah State College in Savannah, Georgia is established.

1890 - The Alabama Penny Savings Bank is founded in Birmingham,
        Alabama by W.R. Pettiford with $2,000 in capital.  Although,
        so strapped for funds in its initial months that its officers
        will not draw salaries, the bank will prosper so well that
        during the panic of 1893, it will remain open when larger,
        white banks in Birmingham fail.

1917 - The first significant group of African American officers are
        commissioned by the U.S. Army.

1949 - William Hastie is nominated for the U.S. Circuit Court of
        Appeals.  He will be the first African American to sit on
        the court.

1953 - Tito Jackson, singer and member of Jackson 5('ABC,' 'Never Can
        Say Goodbye'), is born in Gary, Indiana.

1957 - The Sickle Cell Disease Research Foundation opens in Los Angeles,
        California. It is the forerunner to a national association and
        over 50 local chapters dedicated to providing education,
        screening, counseling, and research in the genetic disease that
        affects over 50,000 individuals, mostly African Americans.

1964 - Bob Hayes wins a gold medal for the 100-meter dash in the 1964
        Olympic Games in Tokyo with a time of ten seconds, equaling the
        world record.

1968 - Wyomia Tyus becomes the first person to win a gold medal in the
        100-meter race in two consecutive Olympic games.

1969 - Abdi Rashid Ali Shermarke, President of Somalia, is assassinated.

1974 - The National Guard is mobilized to restore order in the Boston
        school busing crisis.

1991 - Judge Clarence Thomas is confirmed as the 106th associate justice
        of the United States Supreme Court, its second African American.

1993 - African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela and South African
        President F.W. de Klerk are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for
        their work to end apartheid and laying the foundations for a
        democratic South Africa.

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