* Today in Black History - May 28 *
1863 - The first African American regiment from the North leaves Boston to
fight in the Civil War.
1910 - Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker is born in Linden, Texas. He will
become a creator of the modern blues and a pioneer in the
development of the electric guitar sound that will shape virtually
all of popular music in the post-World War II period. Equally
important, Walker will be the quintessential blues guitarist. He
will influence virtually every major post-World War II guitarist,
including B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix, Freddie King, Albert King, Buddy
Guy, Otis Rush, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
1936 - Betty Sanders is born in Detroit, Michigan. She will become the
wife of El Hajj Malik Shabazz (Malcolm X), Hajja Betty Bahiyah
Shabazz. After the assassination of Malcolm, she will show herself
to be a very strong individual in her own right. She will face the
difficulty of raising six children after witnessing Malcom's tragic
death. In order to support herself and her children, she will go
back to school, earning three degrees including a doctorate in
education from the University of Massachusetts. She will teach
others and become an international figure of dignity and
discipline. She will work on Jesse Jackson's campaigns for the
presidency, and will work in the African liberation struggle to
free Angola, Namibia and South Africa, and to bring democracy to
Haiti. She will join the ancestors on June 23, 1997 after
succumbing to injuries received in a fire at her New York home. At
the time she will be the director of Institutional Advancement and
Public Relations at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, New York.
1944 - Gladys Knight is born in Atlanta, Georgia. Making her first public
appearance at age four, she will win first place on Ted Mack's
Original Amateur Hour at seven. A member of the "Gladys Knight and
the Pips" since the early 1950's, Knight will remain with the
popular group for over 30 years before pursuing a successful solo
career.
1951 - Willie Mays gets his first major league hit, a home run.
1962 - A suit alleging de facto school segregation is filed in Rochester,
New York, by the NAACP.
1966 - Percy Sledge hit number one with his first -- and what turned out to
be his biggest -- hit. "When a Man Loves a Woman" would stay at the
top of the pop music charts for two weeks. It will be the singer's
only hit to make the top ten and a million seller.
1974 - Cicely Tyson wins two Emmy awards for best actress in a special and
best actress in a drama for her portrayal of a strong Southern
matriarch in "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman."
1974 - Richard Pryor wins an Emmy for his writing contributions on the Lily
Tomlin special "Lily."
1981 - Mary Lou Williams joins the ancestors in Durham, North Carolina at
the age of 71. A jazz pianist who played with Louis Armstrong,
Tommy Dorsey, Earl "Fatha" Hines, and Benny Goodman, she formed her
own band in 1943. Williams was known for her jazz masses including
one "Mary Lou's Mass" that was choreographed by the Alvin Ailey
American Dance Theater in 1971.
1991 - Journalist Ethel L. Payne joins the ancestors in Washington, DC at
the age of 79.
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