* Today in Black History - March 29 *
1918 - Pearl Mae Bailey is born in Newport News, Virginia. She will
achieve tremendous success as a stage and film actress,
recording artist, nightclub headliner, and television
performer. Among her most notable movies will be "Porgy and
Bess" and "Carmen Jones" and she will receive a Tony Award
for her starring role in an all-African-American version of
"Hello Dolly." Bailey will be widely honored, including being
named special advisor to the U.S. Mission to the United
Nations and receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She
will join the ancestors on August 17, 1990.
1940 - Joe Louis knocks out Johnny Paycheck to retain his heavyweight
boxing title.
1945 - Walt Frazier is born in Atlanta, Georgia. He will become a
basketball player and, as a guard for the New York Knicks,
lead his team to NBA championships in 1970 and 1973. He will
also earn the nickname "Clyde" (from the movie Bonnie and
Clyde) for his stylish wardrobe and flamboyant lifestyle off
the court. Frazier will score 15,581 points (18.9 ppg) during
his career, lead the Knicks in scoring five times, dish out
5,040 assists (6.1 apg), and lead the Knicks in assists 10
straight years. He will be elected to the Basketball Hall of
Fame in 1987.
1955 - Earl Christian Campbell is born in Tyler, Texas. He will
become a star football player at the University of Texas and
will amass 4,444 rushing yards in his college career. He will
win the 1977 Heisman Trophy and will go on to become the first
player taken in the 1978 NFL draft. As a star running back
for the Houston Oilers, he will become NFL rushing champion,
Player of Year, All-Pro, Pro Bowl choice in 1978, 1979, and
1980. His career-high will be 1,934 yards rushing, including
four 200-yard rushing games in 1980. His career statistics
will be: 9,407 yards, 74 TDs rushing, 121 receptions for 806
yards and five Pro Bowls. He will retire after nine seasons
and will be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in
1991.
1959 - Barthelemy Boganda, president and founder of the Central
African Republic, joins the ancestors in a plane crash.
1968 - Students seize building on the campus of Bowie State College
in Bowie, Maryland.
1990 - Houston's Hakeem Olajuwan scores the 3rd NBA quadruple double
consisting of 18 points, 16 rebounds, 10 assists & 11 blocked
shots vs the Milwaukee Bucks.
2005 - Johnnie L. Cochran, whose legal career representing both
victims of police abuse and celebrities in peril reached its
peak under media scrutiny when he successfully defended O.J.
Simpson from murder charges, joins the ancestors after
succumbing to brain cancer, at the age of 67.
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