*                  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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