* Today in Black History - March 22 *
1492 - Alonzo Pierto, explorer, sets sail with Christopher Columbus.
1873 - Slavery is abolished in Puerto Rico.
1882 - African American Shakespearean actor Morgan Smith dies in
Sheffield, England. Smith had emigrated to England in 1866,
where he performed in Shakespeare's Richard III, Macbeth,
Hamlet, and The Merchant of Venice, as well as Othello.
1931 - Richard Berry Harrison receives the NAACP's Spingarn Medal for
his role as "De Lawd" in "The Green Pastures" and for his "long
years ... as a dramatic reader and entertainer, interpreting
to the mass of colored people in church and school, the finest
specimens of English drama from Shakespeare down."
1943 - George Benson is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He will begin
singing in nightclubs as a child and form a rock group at age
17. An early jazz guitarist, his addition of soul elements and
scat-influenced vocals will win him wide recognition and acclaim
and numerous Grammy awards.
1967 - Cassius Clay's (a.k.a. Muhammad Ali) has his first fight in
Madison Square Garden.
1972 - Congress approves Equal Rights Amendment. but it was not
ratified.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is named NBA MVP.
1986 - Debi Thomas becomes the first African American woman to win the
world figure skating championship.
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The source for these facts are "Encyclopedia Britannica,
"InfoBeat," "I, Too, Sing America - The African American
Book of Days," and independent research by the
Information Man.
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