* 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. ______________________________________________________________ Munirah Chronicle is edited by Brother Mosi Hoj "The TRUTH shall make you free" E-mail: <[log in to unmask]> Archives: <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/Munirah.html> _____________________________________________________________ To SUBSCRIBE send E-mail to: <[log in to unmask]> In the E-mail body place: Subscribe Munirah Your FULL Name ______________________________________________________________ Munirah(TM) is a trademark of Information Man. Copyright 2003, All Rights Reserved by the Information Man in association with CODE One Communications.