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* Today in Black History - March 28 *
1870 - Jonathan S. Wright becomes the first African American State
Supreme Court Justice in South Carolina.
1925 - Sculptor Ed Wilson is born in Baltimore, Maryland. He will
study at the University of Iowa, receive sculpture awards
from the Carnegie Foundation, Howard University and the State
University of New York, and have his work shown at Two
Centuries of Black American Art, and other exhibitions. Among
his major works will be "Cybele."
1939 - The Renaissance (Big 5) becomes the first African American team
on record to win a professional world championship (basketball).
1958 - William Christopher (W.C.) Handy dies in New York City at the age
of 85. In the same year, the movie of his life, "St. Louis
Blues" is released, starring Nat King Cole as Handy.
1966 - Bill Russell is named head coach of the Boston Celtics and becomes
the first African American to coach an NBA team.
1984 - Educator and civil rights activist Benjamin Mays dies in Atlanta,
Georgia. Mays had served as dean of the School of Religion at
Howard University and president of Morehouse College, where he
served as the mentor to the young Martin Luther King, Jr.
1990 - Michael Jordan scores 69 points in a NBA game. This the 4th time
he scores 60 points or more in a game.
1990 - President Bush awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal
and presents it to his widow.
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