* 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. He will join the ancestors on March 15,
1975.
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 age 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.
2003 - Janet Collins, ballerina, joins the ancestors at age 86.
She was the first African American artist to perform at
the Metropolitan Opera House.
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