Ballerina1991"> Ayisha McMillan is born on this date in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.

Reverend John Harris, founder of the Baptist Fellowship Ministries, is born in Magnolia, New Jersey.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial quotas for college admissions was illegal in the1991"> Regents of the University of California v. Bakke case on this date. Allan P. Bakke, a white applicant, was not admitted into the Univ. of California-Davis's Medical school. The university had a quota on the number of minority students it would accept. The Supreme Court ruled that Bakke was not accepted because of the quota and ruled quotas illegal. Despite this, affirmative action was still considered constitutional.

The1991"> Atlanta Inquirer reports on a study by a University of Michigan psychologist that suicide among blacks has increased by 97 percent since the mid-1950s. This marks a complete reversal for blacks, which historically rarely resorted to suicide. The higher suicide rates among 15-34 year-olds are attributed to intense alienation and low self-esteem.

Marion Barry is elected mayor of1991"> Washington D.C. Serving twelve years in office, he is the second person to hold the position.

Carol Moseley Braun is elected to the1991"> Illinois House of Representatives establishing herself as the first woman and African American assistant majority leader.

Lawyer and politician1991"> Roland Burris is the first African American to be elected to the Illinois state office in the position of State Comptroller.