* 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
one of the first 10 musicians 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. He willbe known as "Soul
Brother Number One," "the Godfather of Soul," and "the
Hardest Working Man in Show Business," and will be the
recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors on December 7, 2003.
He will join the ancestors on December 25, 2006.
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.
1979 - Bobby Bonds hits his 300th home run and becomes the 2nd
player to have 300 home runs and 300 stolen bases.
1980 - Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits his 521st and final
home run.
1992 - Eddie Murray, playing for the New York Mets, becomes the
24th player to hit 400 home runs.
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