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Subject: MARTIN DELANY - Today in Black History - January 24
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 17:50:27 -0500

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* Today in Black History - January 24 *

1885 - Martin R. Delany dies at the age of 72 in Wilberforce, Ohio.
When he graduated from Harvard University with a medical
degree, he was the first African American to do so. Delany
served as a physician and was the first commissioned
African American officer in the Union Army during the Civil
War. He also was a leader in the fight to end racial job
discrimination. Delany encouraged African Americans to seek
their own identity and is considered by some historians to be
the father of American Black nationalism. He is the author of
"Search for a Place: Black Separatism and Africa," and "The
Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored
People in the United States.

NOTE: Martin Delany is buried in Tarbot Cemetery, northeast of Wilberforce
and just north of US Route 42.

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