Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Nathan Huggins

Born: January 14, 1927
Died: December 5, 1989 (aged 62)
Bio: Nathan Irvin Huggins was a distinguished American historian, author and educator. As a leading scholar in the field of African-American studies, he was W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of History and of Afro-American Studies at Harvard University as well as director of the W. E. B.
Known for:
- Black odyssey (1977)
- Harlem renaissance (1971)
- Slave and citizen (1980)
- Protestants against poverty (1971)