* Today in Black History - September 19 * 1865 - Atlanta University is founded. 1868 - White Democrats attack demonstrators, who are marching from Albany to Camilla, Georgia, and kill nine African Americans. Several whites are wounded. 1931 - Benjamin Franklin Peay is born in Camden, South Carolina. He will become a rhythm and blues singer better known as Brook Benton. He will amass 16 gold records and be best known for the songs "A Rainy Night in Georgia" and "It's Just a Matter of Time." He will join the ancestors on April 9, 1988. 1945 - Freda Charcelia Payne is born in Detroit, Michigan. She will become a singer whose hits will include "Band of Gold" in 1970. 1947 - Lawrence "Larry" Brown is born in Clairton, Pennsylvania. He will become a Washington Redskins' running back and the third NFL player to rush over 4,000 yards in his first four professional seasons. 1956 - The first international conference of Black Writers & Artists meets at the Sorbonne, in Paris, France. 1965 - Debbye Turner is born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She will become Miss America in 1990, becoming the third African American woman to wear the crown. 1981 - More than 300,000 demonstrators from labor and civil rights organizations protest the social policies of the Reagan administration in a Solidarity Day March in Washington, DC. 1989 - Gordon Parks's film "The Learning Tree" is selected among the first films to be registered by the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. The National Film Registry was formed by an act of Congress the previous year to recognize films that are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Parks's 1969 movie joins other classic films such as "Casablanca," "Gone With the Wind," and "The Wizard of Oz." 1989 - The first issue of Emerge magazine goes on sale. Emerge, founded by Wilmer C. Ames, Jr., covers domestic and international news and issues from an African American perspective. 1994 - U.S. troops peacefully enter Haiti to enforce the return of exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. ______________________________________________________________ Munirah Chronicle is edited by Rene' A. Perry "The TRUTH shall make you free" E-mail: <[log in to unmask]> Archives: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/Munirah.html http://blackagenda.com/cybercolonies/index.htm _____________________________________________________________ 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 1997 - 2010, All Rights Reserved by the Information Man in association with The Black Agenda.