* Today in Black History - November 28 * 1871 - The Ku Klux Klan trials begin in Federal District Court in South Carolina. 1907 - Charles Alston is born in Charlotte, North Carolina. After studying at Columbia University and Pratt Institute, he will travel to Europe and the Caribbean, execute murals for Harlem Hospital and Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company in Los First Award of the Atlanta University Collection's 1942 show for his watercolor painting, "Farm Boy". As a teacher, he will teach at the Harlem Community Art Center, Harlem Art Workshop, and Pennsylvania State University. He will be an associate professor of painting at The City University of New York and a muralist for the WPA during the Depression. His two-panel mural of that period, "Magic and Medicine," can be seen at Harlem Hospital. 1929 - Berry Gordy is born in Detroit, Michigan. He will become the the founder and president of Motown Records, the most successful African American-owned record company. Gordy's "Motown Sound" will become synonymous with the 1960's and will launch the careers of Diana Ross and the Supremes, the Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, the Jackson Five, and many others. 1942 - Richard Wright, author of "Native Son" and "Black Boy", joins the ancestors in Paris, France at the age of 52. 1942 - Paul Warfield is born in Warren, Ohio. He will become an wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns and Miami Dolphins. Over his career, he will catch 427 passes for 8,565 yards and 85 touchdowns. He will have a sensational 20.1-yard per catch average and will be All-NFL five years. He also will be named to eight Pro Bowls. He will be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983. 1958 - Chad, Congo, and & Mauritania become autonomous members of the French World Community. 1960 - Mauritania gains independence from France. 1961 - The Downtown Athletic Club awards the Heisman Trophy to Ernie Davis, a halfback from Syracuse University. He is the first African American to win the award. 1966 - A coup occurs in Burundi overthrowing the monarchy. A republic is declared as a replacement form of government. 1981 - Pam McAllister Johnson is named as publisher of Gannett's Ithaca (New York) Journal. She is the first African American woman to head a general circulation newspaper in the United States. 1992 - In King William's Town, South Africa, four people are killed, about 20 injured, when black militant gunmen attack a country club. ______________________________________________________________ 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 1999, All Rights Reserved by the Information Man in association with CODE One Communications.