*                   Today in Black History - May 26                   *

1799 - Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin is born in Moscow, Russia. He will be
        first published in the journal, "The Messenger of Europe" in 1814.
        Pushkin today is regarded as the Father of Russian Literature.

1899 - Aaron Douglas is born in Topeka, Kansas. He will become a world-
        renowned painter and muralist whose work will embrace the African
        ancestral arts and express pride in the African American image at
        a time when doing so was highly unpopular.  His most famous works
        will be "Aspects of Negro Life," "Let My People Go," "Judgment Day"
        and "Building More Stately Mansions."

1907 - Elizabeth Keckley, seamstress and confidante to Mary Todd Lincoln,
        joins the ancestors after succumbing to a paralytic stroke in
        Washington, DC.  Keckley was the author of "Behind the Scenes or
        Thirty Years a Slave," and "Four Years in the White House" (1868),
        one of the first insider accounts of a White House Presidency.

1926 - Miles (Dewey) Davis is born in Alton, Illinois.  For over four decades,
        he will be one of the most innovative and influential jazz trumpeters,
        known for his hard bop and jazz and fusion accomplishments.  Most
        noted for the albums "Sketches of Spain," "Miles Smiles," and "Kind of
        Blue," he will also win three Grammy awards for his albums "We Want
        Miles," "Decoy," and "Tutu" and be awarded the French Legion d'Honneur
        in 1991.

1943 - President Edwin Barclay of Liberia, becomes the first African president
        to pay an official visit to an American president, arriving at the
        White House.

1949 - Philip Michael Thomas is born in Columbus Ohio.  He will become an
        actor and will be best known for his role in the TV series, "Miami
        Vice."  He also will have roles in the movies "Homeboy," "Stigma,"
        "Streetfight," "Black Fist," "Miami Vice-The Movie," "Miami Vice 2 -
        The Prodigal Son," "A Fight For Jenny,"  "Death Drug," "A Little Piece
        Of Sunshine," "Sparkle," and "The Wizard of Speed and Time."

1961 - The Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee is established in Atlanta,
        Georgia.

1968 - Ruth A. Lucas is promoted to Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, the first
        African American woman to achieve this rank.

1968 - Arthur Ashe wins the National Men's Singles in the U.S. Lawn Tennis
        Association Open Tournament, becoming the first African American male
        to win a major tennis title.

1969 - The National Black Economic Development Conference adopts a manifesto
        in a Detroit meeting, calling for $500 Million in reparations from
        white churches.

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