*		Today in Black History - March 29		*

1918 - Pearl Mae Bailey is born in Newport News, Virginia. She will 
	achieve tremendous success as a stage and film actress, 
	recording artist, nightclub headliner, and television 
	performer. Among her most notable movies will be "Porgy and 
	Bess" and "Carmen Jones" and she will receive a Tony Award 
	for her starring role in an all-African-American version of 
	"Hello Dolly." Bailey will be widely honored, including 
	being named special advisor to the U.S. Mission to the 
	United Nations and receiving the Presidential Medal of 
	Freedom. She will join the ancestors on August 17, 1990.

1940 - Joe Louis knocks out Johnny Paycheck to retain his 
	heavyweight boxing title.

1945 - Walt Frazier is born in Atlanta, Georgia. He will become a 
	basketball player and, as a guard for the New York Knicks, 
	lead his team to NBA championships in 1970 and 1973.  He 
	will also earn the nickname "Clyde" (from the movie Bonnie 
	and Clyde) for his stylish wardrobe and flamboyant lifestyle
	off the court. He will score 15,581 points (18.9 ppg) during 
	his career, lead the Knicks in scoring five times, dish out 
	5,040 assists (6.1 apg), and lead the Knicks in assists 10 
	straight years. He will be elected to the Basketball Hall of 
	Fame in 1987.

1955 - Earl Christian Campbell is born in Tyler, Texas. He will 
	become a star football player at the University of Texas and
	will amass 4,444 rushing yards in his college career. He 
	will win the 1977 Heisman Trophy and will go on to become a 
	first player taken in the 1978 NFL draft. As a star running
	back for the Houston Oilers, he will become NFL rushing 
	champion, Player of Year, All-Pro, Pro Bowl choice in 1978, 
	1979, and 1980. His career-high will be 1,934 yards rushing,
	including four 200-yard rushing games in 1980. His career 
	statistics will be: 9,407 yards, 74 TDs rushing, 121 
	receptions for 806 yards and five Pro Bowls. He will retire
	after nine seasons and will be enshrined in the Pro Football
	Hall of Fame in 1991.

1959 - Barthelemy Boganda, president and founder of the Central 
	African Republic, joins the ancestors in a plane crash.

1968 - Students seize building on the campus of Bowie State College 
	in Bowie, Maryland.

1990 - Houston's Hakeem Olajuwan scores the 3rd NBA quadruple double
	consisting of 18 points, 16 rebounds, 10 assists & 11 
	blocked shots vs the Milwaukee Bucks.

2005 - Johnnie L. Cochran, whose legal career representing both 
	victims of police abuse and celebrities in peril reached its
	peak under media scrutiny when he successfully defended O.J. 
	Simpson from murder charges, joins the ancestors after 
	succumbing to brain cancer, at the age of 67.

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