*                Today in Black History - November 21             *

1654 - Richard Johnson, a free African American, is granted 550 acres
        in Northampton County, Virginia.

1784 - James Armistead is cited by French General Lafayette for his
        valuable service to the American forces in the Revolutionary
        War. Armistead, who was born into slavery 24 years earlier,
        had worked as a double agent for the Americans while supposedly
        employed as a servant of British General Cornwallis.

1865 - Shaw University is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.

1878 - Marshall "Major" Taylor is born in Indianapolis, Indiana.  He
        will become an international cycling star who will be the first
        native-born African American to win a national sports title.
        During his career, Taylor will win over 100 professional races
        and one-on-one matches in the U.S. and nine other countries.

1893 - Granville T. Woods, inventor, receives a patent for the "Electric
        Railway Conduit."

1904 - Coleman Hawkins is born in St. Joseph, Missouri.  He will
        virtually create the presence of the tenor saxophone in jazz.

1918 - Henry B. Delany is elected saffragan bishop of the Protestant
        Episcopal diocese of North Carolina.

1944 - Earl "the Pearl" Monroe, NBA Guard (New York Knicks, Baltimore
        Bullets), is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1984 - TransAfrica's Randall Robinson, DC congressional delegate Walter
        Fauntroy, and U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner Mary Frances Berry
        are arrested at a sit-in demonstration in front of the South
        African Embassy in Washington, DC.  Their demonstration against
        apartheid will be repeated and spread to New York City, Los
        Angeles, Chicago, and other cities, and involve such notables as
        Jesse Jackson, Arthur Ashe, Harry Belafonte, and Stevie Wonder.
        Their efforts will play a large part in the passage of the Anti-
        Apartheid Act of 1986, which will impose economic sanctions
        against South Africa.

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