*	          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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