*                   Today in Black History - July 29                    *

1895 - The First National Convention of Black Women is held in Boston,
        Massachusetts.

1909 - Chester Himes is born in Jefferson City, Missouri.  He will become
        a noted crime novelist whose books "If He Hollers Let Him Go",
        "Come Back Charleston Blue", and "Cotton Comes to Harlem" explore
        the underbelly of the American dream and introduce "Gravedigger
        Jones" and "Coffin Ed Johnson" to the reading public.

1919 - The first convention of the National Association of Negro Musicians
        is held in Chicago. Illinois.  NANM's charter members include
        Clarence Cameron White, who called for the formation of the
        association.  R. Nathaniel Dett, Nora Holt, and Florence Cole
        Talbert among others.  NANM will be active in furthering African
        American music and performers, and award its first scholarship to
        a young Marian Anderson.  NANM continues to exist, with chapters
        all over the country.  Its headquarters will be located in Chicago,
        Illinois.

1942 - William Dean, Jr., plans a boycott unless African Americans are
        permitted to play on major league baseball teams.

1970 - Six days of racially motivated disturbances start in Hartford,
        Connecticut, leaving one person dead.

1974 - Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals steals his 700th base.

1988 - The South African government bans the anti-apartheid film "Cry
        Freedom".

1991 - Physician Bernard A. Harris, Jr. becomes a full-fledged astronaut.
        Harris, who joined NASA's Johnson Space Center in 1987 as a
        clinical scientist and flight surgeon, is now eligible for future
        flight assignments.

1996 - At the Atlanta Olympics, Carl Lewis wins the gold medal in the
        long jump, becoming only the fifth Olympian to win gold medals
        in four straight games.

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