*               Today in Black History - November 24             *

1868 - Scott Joplin, originator of ragtime music, is born in
        Texarkana, Texas.

1874 - Robert B. Elliott is elected Speaker of the lower house of
        the South Carolina legislature.

1880 - Southern University is established in New Orleans, Louisiana.

1880 - More than 150 delegates from Baptist Churches in eleven states
        organize the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention of the United
        States at a meeting in Montgomery, Alabama. The Rev. William
        H. McAlphine is elected president.

1883 - Edwin Bancroft Herson is born in Washington, DC. He will
        become a pioneering physical education instructor, coach,
        and organizer of the Negro Athletic Association, and the
        Colored Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association. Inducted
        into the Black Sports Hall of Fame in 1974, he will be
        widely considered "the Father of Black Sports."

1935 - Ronald V. Dellums is born in Oakland, California.  He will
        become a Berkeley city councilman, where he will be a vocal
        champion for minority and disadvantaged communities.  In
        1970, he will stage a successful campaign for the 9th district
        seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.  Among his leadership
        roles will be Chairman of the District of Columbia Committee.

1938 - Oscar Robertson is born in Charlotte, Tennessee.  He will attend
        the University of Cincinnati, where he will be a two-time NCAA
        Player of the Year and three-time All-American.  He will go on
        to play for fourteen years in the NBA (Cincinnati Royals and
        Milwaukee Bucks) and earn All-NBA honors 11 times and lead the
        Royals and the Bucks to ten playoff berths.  Robinson, along
        with Lew Alcinder (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), will lead the Bucks to
        their only NBA Championship.  Robertson will conclude his career
        with 26,710 points (25.7 per game), 9,887 assists (9.5 per game)
        and 7,804 rebounds (7.5 per game).  He will be voted into the
        Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979, following his retirement in
        1974 and be voted one of "The 50 Greatest Players in NBA
        History".

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