* Today in Black History - March 26 *
1831 - Richard Allen joins the ancestors at the age of 71. He had
been nominated by author Vernon Loggins for the title,
"Father of the Negro."
1872 - Thomas J. Martin is awarded a patent for the fire
extinguisher.
1910 - William H. Lewis is appointed assistant attorney general of
the United States.
1937 - William Hastie is appointed to a federal judgeship in the
Virgin Islands. With the appointment, Hastie becomes the
first African American to serve on the federal bench in the
U.S. or its territories. Judge Hastie will serve on the
bench for two years then become dean and professor of law
at Howard University in Washington DC.
1944 - Diana Ross is born in Detroit, Michigan. Ross, with Mary
Wilson and Florence Ballard, will form the Supremes in 1961
and have 15 consecutive smash-hit singles with the group.
Ross will also pursue an acting career in such movies as
"Lady Sings the Blues" and receive a Tony Award for her
Broadway show, "An Evening with Diana Ross." Both with the
Supremes and as a solo artist, she will have more number-
one records than any other artist in the history of the
charts.
1950 - Theodore Pendergrass is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He will become a lead singer for Harold Melvin and the
Blue Notes in 1970 and will pursue an active solo career
in 1976. His solo career will later be temporarily
interrupted by an auto accident that will leave him
paralyzed from the chest down. His debut album, "Teddy
Pendergrass (1977)," struck Platinum, as did the next four
albums - "Life Is A Song Worth Singing," "Teddy," "Teddy
Live" and "T.P." Other releases include "Love Language,"
"Working It Back" and "Joy." He will be nominated for a
Grammy more than three times and be the holder of a 1980
"Best Rhythm & Blues Artist" award from Billboard Magazine.
The Philadelphia Music Foundation will honor him with a
Philadelphia Music Award for "Best Urban Album" in 1989.
1984 - Ahmed Sekou Toure' joins the ancestors in a hospital in
Cleveland, Ohio. He was the country of Guinea's first
president and a well-known political figure throughout
Africa.
1991 - The Reverend Emanuel Cleaver becomes the first African
American mayor of Kansas City, Missouri. At this time,
Kansas City is seventy percent white, but he will win the
election with 53 percent of the vote, while his opponent
receives forty-seven percent.
1992 - A judge in Indianapolis sentences former heavyweight
boxing champion Mike Tyson to six years in prison for
raping a Miss Black America contestant.
1995 - Former diplomat-turned-radio talk show host Alan Keyes
enters the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
1998 - President Clinton stands with President Nelson Mandela in a
racially integrated South African parliament to salute a
country that was "truly free and democratic at last."
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