* Today in Black History - March 15 *
1809 - Joseph J. Roberts is born free in Norfolk, Virginia. He will leave
Virginia with his family for the West African coast in 1829, part
of the colonization effort of the American Colonization Society.
He will become the first President of Liberia in 1848.
1842 - Robert C. DeLarge is born in Aiken, South Carolina. He will defeat
a white opponent by 986 votes out of 32,000 cast to earn a seat as
a South Carolina representative to the United States Congress in
1870.
1897 - The Fifty-fifth Congress (1897-99) convenes. Only one African
American congressman is in attendance: George H. White, of
North Carolina.
1912 - Sam Hopkins is born in Centerville, Texas. He will become a blues
guitarist, better known as Lightnin" Hopkins, and be considered one
of the last blues singers in the grand tradition of "Blind" Lemon
Jefferson, with whom he played as a child.
1933 - The NAACP begins a coordinated attack on segregation and
discrimination, filing a suit against the University of North
Carolina on behalf of Thomas Hocutt. The case is lost on a
technicality after the president of an African American college
refuses to certify the records of the plaintiff.
1933 - The Los Angeles Sentinel is founded by Leon H. Washington.
1933 - The NAACP's Spingarn Medal is presented to YMCA secretary Max
Yergan for his achievements as a missionary in South Africa,
"representing the gift of cooperation...American Negroes may
send back to their Motherland."
1933 - Cecil Taylor is born. He will become a international jazz pianist
concert artist and composer. He will also teach African American
music and lead the Black Music Ensemble at the University of
Wisconsin, Antioch College, and Glassboro State (in New Jersey).
He is considered to be one of the most controversial figures in
"jazz". For many observers, his work ranks as some of the most
profound art ever produced.
1938 - Emilio Cruz is born in New York City. He will become a painter who
will study in his teens with the influential African American
artist Bob Thompson, study European masters in Italy, Paris,
London, and Amsterdam and become noted in the United States for
both his figurative and abstract paintings. His work will be
exhibited or collected by the Museum of Modern Art, National
Museum of American Art, the Studio Museum of Harlem, and
prestigious private galleries.
1944 - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart is born in Dallas, Texas. He will
become a popular disc jockey in the San Francisco Bay area.
This popularity will fuel his career as a musician and singer.
He will achieve fame with his group: Sly & The Family Stone and
record the hits "Dance to the Music," "Everyday People," "Hot
Fun in the Summertime," "Thank You," and "Family Affair."
1946 - Bobby Bonds is born in Riverside, California. He will become a
major league baseball player and hit a grand slam in his first
Major League game on June 25,1968 against the Los Angeles
Dodgers. He will be a 3-time All-Star (1971 and 1973 in the
National League and 1975 in the American League). He will
amass a total 332 home runs, 1,024 RBIs, 461 stolen bases and
a .268 batting average for 8 teams. He will hold the Major
League record for most HRs as a lead-off batter in a game in a
season with 11 in 1973. He will be named by The Sporting News
as the National League Player of the Year in 1973, hitting
.283 with 39 homers, 96 RBI and 43 stolen bases.
1946 - Howard Scott is born. He will become a Rhythm and Blues
singer, guitarist, and best known for his performances as part
of the group "War."
1958 - Cincinnati Royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapses
during a playoff game suffering with encephalitis. It will be
determined that this was the result of an earlier injury, when
his head hit the floor, knocking him unconscious, in the last
game of the regular season. He will go into a coma and become
permanently disabled.
1959 - Saxophonist and major influence on the "Cool School" of jazz,
Lester "Prez" Young joins the ancestors at the age of 49 in New
York City.
1962 - Terence Trent D'Arby is born in New York City. He will become
a popular Rhythm and Blues singer, music producer, songwriter,
and composer. He will be best known for his recording "Wishing
Well."
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain becomes the first and only player in NBA history
to score more than 4,000 points in a season (4,029). He will
average 50.4 points per game.
1968 - "LIFE" magazine calls Jimi Hendrix "the most spectacular guitarist
in the world."
1968 - Bob Beamon sets an indoor long jump record as he leaps 27 feet,
2-3/4 inches.
1969 - St. Clair Drake is named director of the African and Afro American
Studies program at Stanford University. Drake's accomplishments
in the position will form a model for such programs across the
country.
1970 - The musical, "Purlie" opens a run of 680 continuous performances
on Broadway in New York City.
1980 - Scores of people are injured in Klan-related incidents in
Georgia, Tennessee, California, Indiana and North Carolina.
1985 - Larry Holmes beats David Bey in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was
probably good for Bey, since no one had ever heard of him
before the fight. Holmes defends his International Boxing
Federation heavyweight boxing title with the win.
1991 - Four Los Angeles police officers--Sergeant Stacey Koon and
Officers Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind and Theodore Briseno--
are charged with felony assault and related charges arising
from the Rodney King beating.
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