*                   Today in Black History - June 4                   *

1832 - The third national Black convention meets in Philadelphia,
        Pennsylvania with twenty-nine delegates from eight states. Henry
        Sipkins of New York is elected president.

1922 - Samuel Gravely is born in Richmond, Virginia.  He will become the
        first African American Admiral in the U.S. Navy,  He also will
        become the first African American to command a U.S. warship, the
        USS Falgout, and will also command the USS Taussig.

1946 - Legislation authorizing the establishment of Mississippi Valley
        State University in Itta Bena, Mississippi is enacted.

1961 - El Debarge is born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  He will become a
        singer with the family group Debarge.  He will become a solo
        artist in the mid 1980's.

1972 - Angela Davis is acquitted by 11 whites and one Mexican American
        of murder, kidnapping, and criminal conspiracy charges brought
        in connection with a 1970 courthouse shoot-out in San Rafael,
        California.

1973 - Arna Bontemps, writer and educator, joins the ancestors in
        Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 72.

1987 - Edwin Moses, who had won a total of 122 consecutive victories in
        the 400-meter hurdles, is defeated by Danny Harris in Madrid,
        Spain. It had been ten years since the last time Moses lost the
        event.

1989 - Four African Americans win Tony awards for "Black and Blue," a
        musical revue featuring classic blues and tap-dance routines.
        Winners are Ruth Brown (best actress in a musical), Cholly
        Atkins, Henry LeTang, Frankie Manning, and Fayard Nicholas (best
        choreography).

1991 - Baltimore Orioles manager Frank Robinson is named asst. general
        manager of the club.  He is the third African American to become
        an assistant general manager, joining Elaine Weddington of the
        Boston Red Sox and Bob Watson of the Houston Astros.

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