*                Today in Black History - November 14             *

1900 - In Washington, DC, a small group meets to form the Washington
        Society of Colored Dentists. It is the first society of African
        American dentists in the United States.

1915 - Booker T. Washington, educator, orator, and founder of Tuskegee
        Institute, joins the ancestors on the college's campus at the
        age of 59.  He was one the most famous African American educators
        and leaders of the 19th century, whose message of acquiring
        practical skills and emphasizing self-help over political rights
        was popular among whites and segments of the African American
        community.  His 1901 autobiography, "Up From Slavery", which
        details his rise to success despite numerous obstacles, became a
        best-seller and further enhanced his public image as a self-made
        man.  As popular as he was in some quarters, Washington was
        aggressively opposed by critics such as W.E.B. Du Bois and
        William Monroe Trotter.

1920 - The New York Times and Tribune call Charles Gilpin's portrayal
        of Brutus Jones in "The Emperor Jones", a performance of heroic
        stature.  Gilpin had premiered in the play earlier in the month
        with the New York-based Provincetown Players, which will
        influence his being named one of the ten most important
        contributors to the American theater of 1920 and the 1921
        recipient of the NAACP's Spingarn Medal.

1934 - Ellis Marsalis is born in New Orleans, Louisiana.  After high
        school, Marsalis will enroll at Dillard University (New Orleans)
        and graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music education.
        Marsalis will eventually become New Orleans' leading Jazz
        educator. He will become a lecturer at Xavier University and an
        adjunct teacher at Loyola University. Marsalis will enroll in
        the graduate program at Loyola University and will graduate with
        a Masters of Music Education.  Marsalis' teaching career will
        flower at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA). Many
        of his former students will be professional musicians locally as
        well as internationally. Three of his six sons, Branford, Wynton
        and Delfeayo as well as trumpeter Terence Blanchard, saxophonist
        Donald Harrison and pianist Harry Connick, Jr. will attain
        worldwide acclaim with recording contracts on major labels.

1934 - William Levi Dawson's Symphony No. 1, Negro Folk Symphony, is
        the first symphony on black folk themes by an African American
        composer to be performed by a major orchestra.

1960 - Four African American girls are escorted by U.S. Marshals and
        parents to two New Orleans schools being desegregated.

1966 - Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) defeats Cleveland Williams
        by TKO in the third round in front of Boxing's largest indoor
        crowd, assembled in the Houston Astrodome.  He retains his
        world heavyweight title.

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