TODAY IN BLACK HISTORY

September 4, 1908—Richard Wright, noted author of such classics as Native Son and Black Boy, is born.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Richard_Wright.jpg/220px-Richard_Wright.jpg&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wright_%28author%29&h=276&w=220&sz=15&tbnid=Ph2sQ-EpHnpsDM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=72&zoom=1&usg=__Ha111IMaFo2gNsBjUIN2YhztIug=&docid=nFPBTO-VqHcb_M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FiFNUISFIeTq0gGPwYHYAw&sqi=2&ved=0CDUQ9QEwAg&dur=2944 

September 4, 1848—Lewis H Latimer, inventor and engineer, is born.

http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/ilives/latimer/latimer.html