*                  Today in Black History - April 2                  *

1855 - John Mercer Langston is elected clerk of Brownhelm, Ohio, township.
        He will be considered the first African American elected to public
        office.

1918 - Charles White is born in Chicago, Illinois.  An artist who will work
        with traditional materials (pen, ink, oil on canvas and
        lithography), White will transform the image of African Americans
        and earn praise from critics and artists alike. White will receive
        dozens of awards and his work will be collected by museums on three
        continents and major corporations.

1932 - Bill Pickett, a well-known cowboy who was acclaimed by President
        Theodore Roosevelt as "one of the best trained ropers and riders
        the West has produced," joins the ancestors.  Pickett performed as
        a bulldogger in Europe, Mexico, and the United States, where he was
        often assisted by two relatively unknown white cowboys, Tom Mix and
        Will Rogers.

1939 - Marvin Gaye, Jr. is born in Washington, DC.  He will sign with
        Motown in 1962 and begin a 22-year career that includes hits
        "Pride and Joy," duets with Mary Wells and Tammi Terrell, as
        well as best-selling albums exploring his social consciousness
        ("What's Going On") and sexuality ("Let's Get It On," "Midnight
        Love, and "Sexual Healing").

1969 - The Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association signs
        Lew Alcindor for a reported $1,400,000 five-year contract.
        Alcindor will later change his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabar and his
        team to the Los Angeles Lakers.

1984 - Coach John Thompson of Georgetown University becomes the first
        African American coach to win the NCAA Division I basketball
        championship.  The team, led by Patrick Ewing, wins over the
        University of Houston 84-75.

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