*                 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 baseball 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.

1994 - Addressing the U.N. General Assembly, President Clinton announces
        that he has lifted most U.S. sanctions against Haiti and urges other
        nations to follow suit.

1994 - Jury selection begins in Los Angeles for the murder trial of O.J.
        Simpson.

1998 - Grammy-winning jazz singer Betty Carter dies in New York City at age
        69.

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