*                  Today in Black History - May 2                    *

1844 - Elijah McCoy is born in Colchester, Ontario, Canada. He will become
        a master inventor and holder of over 50 patents. He will be the
        inventor of a device that allows machines to be lubricated while
        they are still in operation. Machinery buyers insisted on McCoy
        lubrication systems when buying new machines and will take nothing
        less than what becomes known as the "real McCoy." The inventor's
        automatic oiling devices will become so universal that no heavy-
        duty machinery will be considered adequate without it, and the
        expression becomes part of America culture.

1920 - The first game of the National Negro Baseball League (NNL) is
        played in Indianapolis, Indiana.  The NNL was formed earlier
        in the year by Andrew "Rube" Foster and a group of African
        American baseball club owners to combat prejudice and
        further enjoyment of the game.

1968 - The Poor People's March, led by Ralph D. Abernathy, begins as
        caravans from all over the country leave for Washington, DC.,
        to protest poverty and racial discrimination.

1990 - The government of South Africa and the African National Congress
        open their first formal talks aimed at paving the way for more
        substantive negotiations on dismantling apartheid.

1992 - Los Angeles begins a massive cleanup and rebuilding effort
        after three days of widespread civil unrest.  The April 29
        acquittal of four police officers in the 1991 beating of
        motorist Rodney G. King fueled perceptions of unequal justice
        for African Americans and sparked multiracial violence that
        resulted in unprecedented figures of 58 deaths, over 2,000
        injuries, over 600 fires, $1 billion in property damage and
        spread to San Francisco, Las Vegas, Seattle, Atlanta,
        Madison (Wisconsin), and Toronto.

1994 -  Nelson Mandela claims victory in the wake of South Africa's first
        democratic elections. President F.W. de Klerk acknowledges defeat.

1999 - Reverend Jesse Jackson, who leads a group of religious leader to
        the country of Serbia, obtains the release of three American Army
        prisoners of war, Staff Sgt. Andrew A. Ramirez, 24, of Los Angeles;
        Spc. Steven M. Gonzales, 21, of Huntsville, Texas; and Staff Sgt.
        Christopher J. Stone, 25, of Smiths Creek, Mich. at 4:45 EST.

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