* Today in Black History - May 3 *
1845 - Macon B. Allen becomes the first African American formally admitted
to the bar in Massachusetts when he passes the examination in
Worcester. The previous year, he was admitted to the bar in Maine,
making him the first licensed African American attorney in the
United States.
1902 - African American jockey Jimmy Winkfield wins his second Kentucky
Derby in a row astride Alan-a-Dale. With Winkfield's wins, African
American jockeys have won 15 of 28 Derby races.
1921 - Walker Smith, Jr. is born in Detroit, Michigan. He will begin his
career as a boxer by using the amateur certificate of another boxer,
Ray Robinson, which enables him to enter contests at a young age.
After winning the welterweight Golden Glove titles in 1939 and 1940,
he will turn professional. He will continue to box under that name
as a professional and will be known as Sugar Ray Robinson. He will
be a world welterweight champion and five-time middleweight
champion, with a 175-19-6 record and 109 knockouts from 1940-65. He
will win his last middleweight title at the age of 38. He will be
voted the Associated Press Fighter of the Century in December, 1999.
1933 - James Brown is born in Barnwell, South Carolina. The only child of
a poor backwoods family, he will be sent, to Augusta, Georgia at
age five, to live at an aunt's brothel. He will evolve from a
juvenile delinquent to become one of the most influential Rhythm &
Blues singers, with a career that will span more than five decades \
and include the hits "I Got You," "Cold Sweat," "Living in
America," "Prisoner of Love," "Sing It Loud, I'm Black and I'm
Proud." Incarcerated in 1988 for aggravated assault, Brown will be
released in 1991 and return to the recording scene, where he will
continue to influence a new generation of artists including M.C.
Hammer, Prince, and many others. He will be inducted into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame on January 23, 1986 and on February 25, 1992,
will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 34th annual Grammy
Awards.
1948 - In Shelley v. Kraemer, the Supreme Court rules that courts cannot
enforce segregational housing covenants, which bar persons from
owning or occupying property because of their race.
1967 - African American students seize the finance building at Northwestern
University and demand that African American oriented curriculum and
campus reforms be implemented.
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