*		Today in Black History - July 19                *

1848 - The first Women's Rights Convention is held in Seneca Falls, 
	New York.  The convention is supported by Frederick Douglass 
	of nearby Rochester, New York, who attends the meeting and 
	speaks in defense of its organizer, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

1866 - Tennessee becomes the first state to ratify the 14th 
	Amendment, supposedly guaranteeing civil rights to all 
	United States citizens.

1867 - Congress passes the third Reconstruction Act over President 
	Andrew Johnson's veto.

1913 - The Tri-State Dental Association is formed in Buckroe Beach 
	(now part of Hampton), Virginia.  It will be the forerunner 
	to the National Dental Association, an organization 
	dedicated to developing a national forum for African 
	American dentists in the United States.

1925 - Josephine Baker, entertainer and singer, makes her Paris 
	debut.

1940 - Surgeon Louis T. Wright is presented the Spingarn Medal for 
	his "contribution to the healing of mankind and for his
	courageous, uncompromising position, often in the face of 
	bitter attack."  Among Wright's many accomplishments was 
	being the first African American surgeon to be admitted to 
	the staff of Harlem Hospital and chairmanship of the board 
	of directors of the NAACP, a position he will hold for 17 
	years.

1941 - The first Army flying school for African Americans is 
	dedicated in Tuskegee, Alabama.

1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints a Fair Employment
	Practices Committee which includes two African Americans,
	Earl B. Dickerson, a Chicago attorney, and Milton P. 
	Webster, vice-president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car 
	Porters.

1966 - The Hough district of Cleveland, Ohio, experiences racially 
	motivated disturbances that result in the mobilization of 
	the National Guard by Governor James A. Rhodes, who 
	declares a state of emergency in the city.

1967 - A racially motivated disturbance occurs in Durham, North 
	Carolina.  The governor calls out the National Guard to 
	quell the disturbance.

1973 - Willie Mays is named to the National League all star team 
	for the 24th time, tying Stan Musial for the record number 
	of appearances.

1979 - Patricia R. Harris is named Secretary of Health and Human 
	Services.  It is her second Cabinet-level appointment.  
	She had been Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

1991 - The South African government acknowledges that it had been 
	giving money to the Inkatha Freedom Party, the main rival 
	of the African National Congress. 

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