* Today in Black History - March 14 *
1794 - Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin, making it possible to clean 50
pounds of cotton a day, compared to a pound a day before the
invention. This will make cotton king and increase the demand for
slave labor.
1829 - African American editor John Russworm writes an editorial in
"Freedom's Journal" supporting the colonization of Africa by
African Americans.
1889 - Menelik becomes ruler of Abyssinia (Ethiopia). Menelik II will
be the Ethiopian emperor (1889-1909) during the frantic race
for African protectorates by European countries. He will
transform the country from a collection of semi-independent
states into a united nation. As ruler of the kingdom of Shoa,
in central Ethiopia, he will conquer the Oromo people to the
south and annex their land. During Menelik's reign he
suppressed the Ethiopian slave trade, curbed the feudal
nobility, and founded the city of Addis Ababa.
1917 - The first training camp for "colored" officers is established
by the U.S. Army in Des Moines, Iowa, after a long lobbying
effort by the NAACP, led by Joel E. Spingarn and James Weldon
Johnson. The camp will issue 678 officer commissions to
African Americans, compared to 380,000 African American
enlisted men mobilized in World War l.
1933 - Quincy Delight Jones is born in Chicago, Illinois. A trumpeter
and record producer, he will collaborate with many major American
and French recording artists, including Michael Jackson on the
latter's "Thriller" and "Bad" albums, two of the most successful
records during the 1980's. A musical innovator, in 1991, Jones
will receive two Grammy awards for producer of the year and
album of the year for "Back on the Block." To date, he will
accumulate over 25 Grammy awards, Grammy's Trustees Award in 1989,
and the Grammy's Legends Award in 1990. He will also be Musical
Director for Mercury Records, then Vice President. He will also
establish Qwest Records.
1934 - Shirley Scott is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She will
become an accomplished jazz organist, with a blues orientation
to most of her presentations. She started her career playing
with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis in 1956 and continued until 1960.
She will record most of her work with her ex-husband, Stanley
Turrentine from 1961 to 1970.
1946 - Wes Unseld is born in Louisville, Kentucky. His early career
plans will include becoming a teacher, but that thought will
be put on hold when he becomes the second overall pick in the
1968 draft by the NBA's Baltimore Bullets. In 1969, Unseld's
debut will be memorable. He becomes only the second NBA player
besides Wilt Chamberlain to be named Rookie of the Year and
MVP in the same season. During a solid 13-year NBA career,
spent entirely with the Bullets organization, Unseld will become
a superb position rebounder and retire as the NBA's seventh
all-time leading rebounder with 13,769 boards, a 14.0 per game
average. Unseld, who will play in five NBA All-Star games, ranks
as the Bullets all-time leader in minutes played (35,832) and
rebounds. He is only one of 20 players in NBA history to score
more than 10,000 points (10,624) and grab more than 10,000
rebounds. The pinnacle of Unseld's career will come in 1978,
when he and fellow Hall of Famer Elvin Hayes lead Washington past
Seattle for the NBA championship. For his efforts, Unseld will
be named MVP of the championship series. After his retirement
from the NBA, he will become the coach of the Bullets.
1947 - William J. Jefferson is born in Lake Providence, Louisiana. He
will become a Louisiana state senator in 1979 and, in 1990,
the first congressman elected from the state since Charles
Edmund Nash left office in 1876.
1961 - Kirby Puckett is born. He will become a major league baseball
outfielder. He will be selected by the Minnesota Twins in the
first round (third overall) of the January 1982 free-agent
draft and will spend his entire 14-year professional career in
the Twins organization. Not only will he become a 10-time All-
Star, in 1993 he will become the first Twins player ever to win
the All-Star Game MVP Award. He will be the Twins' all-time
leader in hits, runs, doubles and total bases. He will retire
on July 12, 1996, after losing vision in his right eye due to
glaucoma, and will become the Twins' executive vice president
of baseball.
1967 - In the first NFL-AFL common draft, the Baltimore Colts pick Bubba
Smith as the first pick.
1985 - Bill Cosby captures four of the People's Choice Awards for "The
Cosby Show." The awards were earned from results of a
nationwide Gallup Poll.
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