*             Today in Black History - September 26              *

1867 - Maggie Lena Walker is born in Richmond, Virginia.  She will
        become a noted businesswoman, civil leader, and founder and
        president of Saint Luke Penny Savings Bank.  As a result,
        she will be the first woman president of a bank in America.

1907 - The People's Savings Bank is incorporated in Philadelphia,
        Pennsylvania.  Founded by former African American congressman
        George H. White, of North Carolina, the bank will help hundreds
        of African Americans buy homes and start businesses until the
        illness of its founder forces its closure in 1918.

1937 - Bessie Smith dies in Clarksville, Mississippi, of injuries
        sustained in car crash.  She was one of the nation's greatest
        blues singers and was nicknamed "the Empress of the Blues."
        In 1925, Smith and Louis Armstrong made the definitive
        rendition of W.C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues," and in 1929 she
        made her only movie appearance in the movie of the same name.

1957 - The order alerting regular army units for possible riot duty in
        other Southern cities is cancelled by Army Secretary Wilbur M.
        Brucker.

1962 - A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., becomes the first African American
        member of the Federal Trade Commission.  It is one of the
        Trenton, New Jersey, native's many accomplishments, including
        appointment as a federal district judge and U.S. Circuit Judge
        of the Third Circuit.

1962 - Los Angeles Dodger Maury Wills becomes the 1st ball player to
        steal 100 bases (will go on to steal 104).

1962 - Mississippi bars James Meredith for the third time.  Lt. Gov.
        Paul Johnson and a blockade of state patrolmen turn back
        Meredith and federal marshals about four hundred yards from
        the gate of the school.

1968 - The Studio Museum of Harlem opens in New York City.  Conceived
        by Frank Donnelly and Carter Burden, the Studio Museum will
        become an influential venue for exhibitions of African American
        artists in all media.

1968 - St. Louis Cardinals' Bob Gibson's completes his 13th shutout,
        and ends the season with a 1.12 ERA.

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