*  Today in Black History - March 28  *

1870 - Jonathan S. Wright becomes the first African American State
        Supreme Court Justice in South Carolina.

1925 - Sculptor Ed Wilson is born in Baltimore, Maryland.  He will
        study at the University of Iowa, receive sculpture awards
        from the Carnegie Foundation, Howard University and the State
        University of New York, and have his work shown at Two
        Centuries of Black American Art, and other exhibitions. Among
        his major works will be "Cybele."

1939 - The Renaissance (Big 5) becomes the first African American team
        on record to win a professional world championship (basketball).

1958 - William Christopher (W.C.) Handy joins the ancestors in New York
        City at the age of 85.  In the same year, the movie of his life,
        "St. Louis Blues" is released, starring Nat King Cole as Handy.

1966 - Bill Russell is named head coach of the Boston Celtics and becomes
        the first African American to coach an NBA team.

1984 - Educator and civil rights activist Benjamin Mays joins the
        ancestors in Atlanta, Georgia.  Mays had served as dean of the
        School of Religion at Howard University and president of Morehouse
        College, where he served as the mentor to the young Martin Luther
        King, Jr.

1990 - Michael Jordan scores 69 points in a NBA game.  This the 4th time
        he scores 60 points or more in a game.

1990 - President Bush posthumously awards the Congressional Gold Medal to
        Jesse Owens and presents it to his widow ten years after he joins
        the ancestors. In 1936, Jesse Owens won four Olympic Track and
        Field gold medals in a single day in Berlin. The 1936 Berlin
        Olympics, the last Olympic Games before the outbreak of WWII, were
        hosted by the Nazi Germans, who intended the event as a showcase
        of their racist theories of the superiority of the "Aryan" race.
        But a 23-year-old African American named Jesse Owens shattered
        their plans, along with several world records, when he dashed to
        victory in the 100-meter and 200-meter sprints, anchored the
        victorious 400-meter relay team, and won the broad jump. President
        George Bush adds the Congressional Gold Medal to Owens's
        collection.  Congress had voted the award in recognition of Owens's
        humanitarian contributions.  After his athletic career, he had
        devoted his energy and his name to organizations providing
        opportunities to underprivileged youth.

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