*               	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"). He will join 
	the ancestors on April 1, 1984.

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.

2003 - Edwin Starr, Rhythm & Blues singer, joins the ancestors at 
	age 61 after succumbing to a heart attack.  He recorded the
	hits "War" and "Agent Double-O Soul."

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