*               Today in Black History - May 28         *

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.

1940 - Betty Shabazz, activist and widow of Malcolm X is born in
        Detroit, Michigan.

1944 - Gladys Knight is born in Atlanta, Georigia.  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
        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."  Richard Pryor wins an Emmy for his writing
        contributions on the Lily Tomlin special "Lily."

1981 - Mary Lou Williams dies 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.

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        The source for these facts are "Encyclopedia Britannica,
        "InfoBeat," "I, Too, Sing America - The African American
        Book of Days," "Before the Mayflower", "Black Firsts" and
        independent research by the Information Man.
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