*		   Today in Black History - March 5		     *

1770 - Crispus Attucks joins the ancestors after becoming the first of 
	five persons killed in the Boston Massacre.  Historians have 
	called him the first martyr of the American Revolution.

1897 - The American Negro Academy is founded by Alexander Crummel. 
	The purpose of the organization is the promotion of literature,
	science, art, the fostering of higher education, and the
	defense of the Negro.

1920 - Leontine Turpeau Current Kelly is born in Washington, DC.  In 
	1984, she will become the first African American woman to be 
	named a bishop of a major religious organization, the United
        Methodist Church.

1938 - Fred "The Hammer" Williamson is born in Gary, Indiana.  He will
	become a professional football player after training in college
	to be an architect.  He will play for the San Francisco 49'ers
	from 1962 to 1964, the Kansas City Chiefs from 1964 to 1967 
	(played in Super Bowl I), and the Oakland Raiders from 1967 to 
	1971.  After football, he will become a sportscaster on ABC's 
	Monday Night Football with Howard Cosell for one year.  He will
	then become active in Hollywood as an actor, director, producer,
	and writer.

1954  - Marsha Warfield is born in Chicago, Illinois.  She will become 
	an actress and comedian and best known for her role as "Roz 
	Russell" on NBC's "Night Court" from 1986 to 1992. 

1981 - The United States government grants the city of Atlanta $1 million
	to finance mental health and social programs in the wake of a 
	mysterious series of abductions and slayings involving at least 
	twenty two African American youths.

1985 - The Mary McLeod Bethune commemorative stamp is issued by the 
	U.S. Postal Service as the eighth stamp in its Black Heritage 
	USA series.

1991 - Reggie Miller, of the Indiana Pacers begins a NBA free throw 
	streak of 52 games.

1999 - Avery C. Alexander, a patriarch of the New Orleans' civil rights 
	movement, who was arrested 20 times before he lost count, joins
	the ancestors at the age of 88.  A Baptist minister and six-term 
	Democratic state representative, Alexander championed anti-
	discrimination, voter registration, labor, closer police 
	oversight and environmental regulation.  In the 1950s, he served 
	as an adviser to Gov. deLesseps "Chep" Morrison, helping African 
	Americans get their first chance at political patronage in menial, 
	janitor-level jobs. He went on to become the first African 
	American to hold seats on parish and state Democratic Party 
	committees.  In 1963, New Orleans police dragged him by his heels 
	down the steps of City Hall after he led an unsuccessful effort 
	to integrate its cafeteria.

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