*                Today in Black History - November 25            *

1841 - Thirty-five survivors of the "Amistad" return home to Africa.

1922 - Marcus Garvey electrifies a crowd at Liberty Hall in New York
        City as he states the goals and principles of the Universal
        Negro Improvement Association (UNIA): "We represent peace,
        harmony, love, human sympathy, human rights and human justice...
        we are marshaling the four hundred million Negroes of the
        world to fight for the emancipation of the race and for the
        redemption of the country of our fathers."

1935 - Namahyoke Sokum Curtis, who led a team of 32 African Americans
        to nurse yellow fever victims during the Spanish-American War,
        dies. She will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

1941 - Annie Mae Bullock is born in Nutbush, Tennessee.  She will
        meet Ike Turner in the early 1950's at a St. Louis, Missouri
        club.  Soon after, she will begin singing with his band on
        occasional engagements, and in 1959, form the Ike and Tina
        Turner Revue.  After separating from Ike and the band, she will
        build an even more successful career on her own, which will
        include the multi-platinum album, "Private Dancer" and
        five Grammy awards.

1949 - Dr. Ralph J. Bunche receives the Spingarn Medal for his
        contributions to the Myrdal study and his achievements as UN
        mediator in the Palestine conflict.

1949 - The St. Louis chapter of CORE presses a sit-in campaign designed
        to end segregation in downtown St. Louis facilities.

1955 - The Interstate Commerce Commission bans segregation in
        interstate travel. The law affects buses and trains as well as
        terminals and waiting rooms.

1987 - Harold Washington, the first African American mayor of Chicago,
        Illinois, joins the ancestors, in office at the age of 65.

1997 - Legendary Eddie Robinson, of Grambling State University, coaches
        his last game as head coach.  This will close out a career
        spanning 57 years.  He has the NCAA record for wins at 402.
        The closest to Eddie Robinson's record is 'Bear' Bryant of the
        University of Alabama at 323 wins.

1998 - Comedian Flip Wilson joins the ancestors in Malibu, California,
        at the age of 64.

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