* Today in Black History - November 21 * 1654 - Richard Johnson, a free African American, is granted 550 acres in Northampton County, Virginia. 1784 - James Armistead is cited by French General Lafayette for his valuable service to the American forces in the Revolutionary War. Armistead, who was born into slavery 24 years earlier, had worked as a double agent for the Americans while supposedly employed as a servant of British General Cornwallis. 1865 - Shaw University is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina. 1878 - Marshall "Major" Taylor is born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He will become an international cycling star who will be the first native-born African American to win a national sports title. During his career, Taylor will win over 100 professional races and one-on-one matches in the U.S. and nine other countries. 1893 - Granville T. Woods, inventor, receives a patent for the "Electric Railway Conduit." 1904 - Coleman Hawkins is born in St. Joseph, Missouri. He will virtually create the presence of the tenor saxophone in jazz. 1918 - Henry B. Delany is elected saffragan bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of North Carolina. 1944 - Earl "the Pearl" Monroe, NBA Guard (New York Knicks, Baltimore Bullets), is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1984 - TransAfrica's Randall Robinson, DC congressional delegate Walter Fauntroy, and U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner Mary Frances Berry are arrested at a sit-in demonstration in front of the South African Embassy in Washington, DC. Their demonstration against apartheid will be repeated and spread to New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and other cities, and involve such notables as Jesse Jackson, Arthur Ashe, Harry Belafonte, and Stevie Wonder. Their efforts will play a large part in the passage of the Anti- Apartheid Act of 1986, which will impose economic sanctions against South Africa. ______________________________________________________________ Munirah Chronicle is edited by Brother Mosi Hoj "The TRUTH shall make you free" E-mail: <[log in to unmask]> Archives: <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/Munirah.html> ______________________________________________________________ To SUBSCRIBE send E-mail to: <[log in to unmask]> In the E-mail body place: Subscribe Munirah Your FULL Name ______________________________________________________________ Munirah(TM) is a trademark of Information Man. Copyright 2002, All Rights Reserved by the Information Man in association with CODE One Communications.