*		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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