*      Today in Black History - March 12       *

1791 - Benjamin Banneker and Pierre Charles L'Enfant are commissioned to
        plan and develop Washington, DC.

1868 - Great Britain gives Basutoland, the status of protectorate at the
        request of King Moshweshwe.  The request of protection was to
        prevent attacks by the Cape Colony.

1877 - The British annex Walvis Bay, an important deep water port in South
        West Africa.

1888 - Hall Johnson is born in Athens, Georgia.  In 1925, he will organize
        and direct the Hall Johnson Choir as well as have significant
        success as an arranger.  One of his early stage successes will be
        as choral director for the 1930 Broadway play "The Green Pastures"
        and the 1933 play, "Run Little Chillun," for which he will write
        the book and music. Johnson and his choir will move to Hollywood in
        1936 to make the film version of "The Green Pastures."

1926 - The Savoy Ballroom, nicknamed the "Home of Happy Feet," opens in New
        York City.

1932 - Andrew Young is born in New Orleans, Louisiana.  He will become a
        minister, influential leader in the civil rights movement, first
        African American ambassador to the United Nations, and mayor of
        Atlanta, Georgia.

1936 - Virginia Hamilton is born in Yellow Springs, Ohio. She will become
        an award-winning author of juvenile fiction including "House of
        Dies Drear," "M.C. Higgins the Great," and "Sweet Whispers, Brother
        Rush."

1940 - Al Jarreau is born.  He will become a singer and will be known for
        his recording of the theme for the television show, "Moonlighting".
        Al Jarreau will become the first vocalist in musical history to win
        Grammy Awards in three different categories (Rhythm & Blues, Jazz,
        and Pop).

1945 - New York becomes the first state to prohibit discrimination by race
        and creed in employment.

1955 - Charlie Parker joins the ancestors in New York City at the age of
        34.  He had been one of the founders of the modern jazz movement.

1962 - Darryl Strawberry is born in Los Angeles, California.  He will
        become a professional baseball player and will play right field for
        the New York Mets, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the San Francisco
        Giants and the New York Yankees.  He will set the New York Mets all-
        time records for most runs (662), most RBIs (733) and most home
        runs (252).  He will be a member of the winning World Series
        championship teams in 1986 and 1996.

1964 - Malcolm X resigns from the Nation of Islam.

1982 - Charles Fuller wins the Pulitzer Prize for "A Soldier's Play."

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