*                   Today in Black History - August 29                *

1920 - Charlie "Bird" (Charles Christopher) Parker is born in Kansas
        City, Kansas.  The jazz saxophonist will become one of the
        leaders of the bebop movement and be noted for his works "Ko
        Ko" and "In the Still of the Night," among others. He will
        receive numerous awards from Downbeat magazine and have the
        famous jazz club, Birdland, in New York City named in his
        honor.

1924 - Ruth Jones is born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She will be better
        known as "Dinah Washington." She will perform with Lionel
        Hampton from 1943 to 1946 and become one of the most popular
        R & B singers of the 1950's and early 1960's.

1933 - Isabel Sanford is born in New York City.  She will become an
        actress and will star as Louise on the long-running sitcom
        "The Jeffersons", "All in the Family", and will star in many
        movies including "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner", "Original
        Gangstas", "South Beach", "Love at First Bite", "The
        Photographer", "The New Centurions", "Pendulum", and "Buffalo
        Soldiers".

1945 - Wyomia Tyus, Olympic runner, who will become the first woman
        sprinter to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the 100
        meters (three total), is born in rural Georgia.  She will also
        become a 10-time AAU National Champion and an All-American
        Athlete in both the indoor and outdoor competition.  Tyus will
        compete in amateur and professional track and field meets from
        1960 - 1975.  In addition to her athletic achievements, Tyus
        will hold a special place in Olympic history.  At the XXIIIrd
        Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Tyus will become the first woman
        ever, in the history of the Olympic Games, to bear the Olympic
        Flag.

1946 - Bob Beamon is born in Jamaica, New York.  He will become a star in
        track and field, He will specialize in the long jump and will win
        the 1968 Olympic gold medal in the long jump and set the world
        record of 29 feet, 2 1/2 inches.  His record will stand for twenty
        three years until it is broken by Mike Powell at the World
        Championships in Tokyo in 1991.

1957 - The Civil Rights Act of 1957 is passed by Congress. It is the
        first civil rights legislation since 1875.  The bill
        establishes a civil rights commission and a civil rights
        division in the Justice Department. It also gave the Justice
        Department authority to seek injunctions against voting rights
        infractions.

1958 - Michael Jackson is born in Gary, Indiana.  First with the
        family group the Jackson Five and later as a solo artist,
        Jackson will be one of pop and Rhythm & Blues' foremost stars.
        His solo album "Off the Wall" (1979) will sell 7 million copies
        worldwide, surpassed only by "Thriller", his largest-selling
        album (also the biggest selling album of all time).

1962 - Mal Goode becomes the first African American television news
        commentator when he begins broadcasting on ABC.

1962 - Carl Banks is born.  He will become a star NFL linebacker with the
        New York Giants.

1970 - Black Panthers confront the police in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
        One policeman is killed and six are wounded in a racial
        confrontation.

1971 - Hank Aaron becomes the first baseball player in the National League
        to drive in 100 or more runs in each of 11 seasons.

1977 - St. Louis Cardinal Lou Brock eclipses Ty Cobb's 49-year-old career
        stolen base record at 893.

1979 - The first completely Black-owned radio network in the world, "Mutual
        Black Network" is purchased by the Sheridan Broadcasting Corporation.

1984 - Edwin Moses wins the 400-meter hurdles in track competition in
Europe.
        It is the track star's 108th consecutive victory.

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