The first Black-authored play to become a long-run Broadway hit, Langston Hughes Mulatto opens, 1935

William Jefferson Clinton presented her with the Charles Frankel Award from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Kweisi Mfume was born as Frizzel Gray in Baltimore, Maryland on October 24, 1948, the eldest of four children.

Denise Levertov , (born October 24, 1923, Ilford, Essex [now in Greater London], England—died December 20, 1997, Seattle, Washington, U.

Department of Labor said some 500,000 Blacks had left the South in the preceding twelve months.

Death of Jack Roosevelt (Jackie) Robinson (53), first Black in major leagues in twentieth century, in Stamford, Connecticut.

Dates: January 31, 1919 -- October 24, 1972

Also Known As: Jack Roosevelt Robinson

Childhood in Georgia

Jackie Robinson was the fifth child born to sharecropper parents Jerry Robinson and Mallie McGriff Robinson in Cairo, Georgia.

In New Orleans, 25,000 Black workers strike, 1892

Marjorie Stewart Joyner was born in Monterey, Virginia on October 24, 1896, the granddaughter of a slave and a slave-owner.

Jackie Robinson died of a heart attack on October 24, 1972 at his home in Stamford, Connecticut.

Italy invaded Ethiopia. American Blacks held mass meetings of protest and raised funds for the Ethiopian defenders.

Birthday of Rep. Kweisi Mfume who was born Frizzell Gray in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1996 Mfume became president of the NAACP.

Zambia proclaimed independent.