* 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 African American congressman elected from the state
since Charles Edmund Nash left office in 1876.
1960 - Kirby Puckett is born in Chicago, Illinois. 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. He will join the
ancestors in Phoenix, AZ, on March 6, 2006 after succumbing
to a stroke.
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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