*               Today in Black History - April 18               *

1818 - Andrew Jackson defeats a force of Indians and African Americans
        at the Battle of Suwanee, ending the First Seminole War.

1861 - Nicholas Biddle becomes the first African American in uniform to
        be wounded in the Civil War.

1864 - The First Kansas Colored Volunteers break through Confederate
        lines at Poison Spring, Arkansas.  The unit will sustain heavy
        losses when captured African American soldiers are murdered by
        Confederate troops as opposed to being taken as POWs, which is
        the standard treatment for captured whites.

1877 - The American Nicodemus Town Company is founded by six African
        American settlers in northwestern Kansas.  The town will be
        settled later in the year.

1924 - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown is born in Vinton, Louisiana. He will
        become a blues musician and will be inspired by the sounds of
        T-Bone Walker, Count Basie and Duke Ellington.  He will become
        a Grammy winner and be nominated six times.  He will be unrivaled
        in his ability to seamlessly combine blues, country, soul and
        jazzy Rhythm & Blues.  He will be best known for his hits, "Okie
        Dokie Stomp," "Boogie Rambler," "Just Before Dawn," "Dirty Work
        At The Crossroads," and "Gatemouth Boogie."

1941 - Bus companies in New York City agree to hire African American
        drivers and mechanics.  This agreement ends a four-week boycott.

1941 - Dr. Robert Weaver is named director of Office of Production
        Management section, charged with integrating African Americans
        into the National Defense Program.

1955 - The Bandung Conference of leaders of "colored" nations of Africa and
        Asia opens in Indonesia.  Hosted by Indonesian President Sukarno,
        the conference is attended by representatives of 29 African and
        Asian countries.  Its main objective was to express their opposition
        to the colonialist and imperialist policies of First World nations.

1961 - James Benton Parsons is the first African American judge of a
        U.S. district court in the continental United States.  Chicago
        attorney Parsons is appointed judge of the U.S. District Court
        of Northern Illinois.

1983 - Alice Walker is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for "The Color
        Purple." Ten days later, the novel will also win the American
        Book Award for fiction.

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