*                  Today in Black History - June 11                    *

1799 - Richard Allen, the first African American bishop in the United
        States, is ordained a deacon of the Methodist Episcopal Church
        in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Bishop Francis Asbury.

1915 - Mifflin Wistar Gibbs, the first African American in the United
        States to be named a judge, joins the ancestors in Little Rock,
        Arkansas at the age of 87.

1920 - Hazel Dorothy Scott is born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.  A child
        prodigy, she will enroll at New York City's Juilliard School of
        Music and star in nightclubs, Broadway shows, and films.  A
        fixture in jazz society uptown and downtown in New York, most
        notably for her jazz improvisations on familiar classical works,
        she will be credited with putting the "swing in European classical
        music."

1930 - Charles Rangel is born in New York City.  He will defeat Adam
        Clayton Powell, Jr. for the latter's Congressional seat in the 16th
        District and serve on the House Judiciary Committee hearings on the
        impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon.  He will also chair the
        Congressional Black Caucus and be a strong advocate in the war on
        drugs and drug crime as chairman of the House Select Committee on
        Narcotics Abuse and Control.

1937 - Amalya L. Kearse is born in Vaux Hall, New Jersey.  She will become
        the first African American woman judge on the U.S. Court of
        Appeals, Second District of New York.  She will earn her
        undergraduate degree at Wellesley College and her law degree at
        University of Michigan Law School.  She will be active in legal
        circles, the National Urban League, and the NAACP Legal Defense
        Fund.

1937 - Johnny Brown is born in St. Petersburg, Florida.  He will become
        a comedian and will be known for his roles on "Good Times," and
        "The Leslie Uggams Show."

1951 - Mozambique becomes an oversea province of Portugal.

1963 - Vivian Malone and James Hood, accompanied by U.S. Deputy Attorney
        General Nicholas Katzenbach, attempt to register at the University
        of Alabama.  They are met by Governor George Wallace, who bodily
        blocks their entrance to a campus building.  When National
        Guardsmen return later in the day with Malone and Hood to enter the
        building, Wallace steps aside.

1964 - In South Africa, Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life imprisonment
        for allegedly attempting to sabotage the white South African
        government.

1967 - A race riot occurs in Tampa, Florida.  The Florida National Guard
        is mobilized to suppress the violence.

1972 - Hank Aaron, of the Atlanta Braves, ties Gil Hodges of the Dodgers
        for the National League record for the most grand-slam home runs
        in a career, with 14.  The Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies
        15-3.

1978 - Joseph Freeman Jr. becomes the first African American priest in
        the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons).

1982 - Larry Holmes defeats Gerry Cooney to retain the WBC heavyweight
        crown.

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