*               Today in Black History - May 5          *

1857 - The Dred Scott decision, in the famous U.S. Supreme Court case,
        declares that no black--free or slave--could claim United
        States citizenship, therefore could not sue.  It also stated
        that Congress could not prohibit slavery in United States
        territories.  The ruling will arouse angry resentment in the
        North and will lead the nation a step closer to civil war. It
        also will influence the introduction and passage of the 14th
        Amendment to the U.S. Constitution after the Civil War (1861-
        1865).  The amendment, adopted in 1868, will extend citizenship
        to former slaves and give them full civil rights.

1865 - Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. is born in a log cabin in Soak Creek,
        Virginia.  He will become a social and religious leader at
        Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem.

1905 - Robert Sengstacke Abbott founds the Chicago Defender, calling it
        "The World's Greatest Weekly."

1919 - The NAACP awards the Spingarn Medal to William Stanley
        Braithwaite.  Braithwaite's publication of essays and verse in
        notable mainstream magazines and editorial efforts on three
        books of verse and poetry anthologies had earned him wide
        acclaim among African Americans and whites.

1931 - Edwin A. Harleston dies in Charleston, South Carolina.  One of
        the most popular and influential African American painters of
        the day, his work will be exhibited at the Harmon Foundation,
        the Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and in the exhibit "Two
        Centuries of Black American Art."

1935 - Jesse Owens, of the United States, sets the long jump record at
        26' 8".

1969 - Moneta Sleet becomes the first African American to win a Pulitzer
        Prize for his photograph of Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr. and her
        daughter at her husband's funeral.

1971 - Race riot occurs in the Brownsville section of New York City.

1975 - Hank Aaron surpasses Babe Ruth's RBI mark.  He will finish his
        career with 755 home runs and over 2200 RBIs.  Both records
        still stand today.  Aaron will be inducted into baseball's Hall
        of Fame on August 1, 1982.

1977 - The Afro-American Historical and Genealogy Society is founded in
        Washington, DC.  The society's mission is to encourage scholarly
        research in African American genealogy.

1988 - Eugene Antonio Marino, is installed as the archbishop of Atlanta,
        becoming the first African American Roman Catholic archbishop in
        the United States.

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        The source for these facts are "Encyclopedia Britannica,
        "InfoBeat," "I, Too, Sing America - The African American
        Book of Days," and independent research by the
        Information Man.
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