On November 18

in  1993,   Black and white leaders in South Africa approved the new democracy constitution that gave blacks the vote and ended white minority rule.


in 1978,    Spingarn Medal presented to Ambassador Andrew J. Young "in recognition of the deftness with which he has handled relations between this nation and other countries" and "for his major role in raising the consciousness of American citizens to the significance in world affairs of the massive African continent."
 
in 1900,     Howard Thurman, theologian and first black to hold a full time teaching position at Boston University, is born.

in 1787,     Abolitionist and orator, Sojourner Truth was born, 1787