*		Today in Black History - March 24		*

1912 - Dorothy Irene Height is born in Richmond, Virginia. In 1965, 
	she will inaugurate the Center for Racial Justice, which is 
	still a major initiative of the National YWCA.  She will 
	serve as the 10th National President of the Delta Sigma 
	Theta Sorority, Inc. from 1946 to 1957, before becoming 
	president of the National Council of Negro Women in 1958.  
	Working closely with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Roy 
	Wilkins, Whitney Young, A. Philip Randolph and others, She
	will participate in virtually all major civil and human 
	rights event in the 1950's and 1960's. For her tireless 
	efforts on behalf of the less fortunate, President Ronald 
	Reagan will present her the Citizens Medal Award for 
	distinguished service to the country in 1989.  She will 
	receive the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP in July, 1993.  
	She will be inducted into the "National Women's Hall of 
	Fame" in October, 1993 and President Bill Clinton will 
	present her the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award in 
	August 1994. She will joint the ancestors on April 20, 2010.

1941 - "Native Son," a play adapted from Richard Wright's novel of 
	the same name, opens at the St. James Theatre in New York 
	City.

1944 - Patricia Louise Holt is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
	She will become a singer best known as Patti Labelle. As a
	teenager, she and Cindy Birdsong (later a member of the 
	Supremes) will sing with the Ordettes.  When two girls 
	leave the group, Nona Hendrix and Sarah Dash will sign on 
	and Patti LaBelle and the Bluebells will be born in 1961.  
	By the next year, they will have their first multimillion 
	seller, "I Sold My Heart to the Junkman." With other hits, 
	including "All Or Nothing" and "You'll Never Walk Alone," 
	the group will develop a strong following worldwide. After 
	years of success and being "Rocked and Rolled out," as 
	Patti describes it, the group will disband on good terms 
	in 1977. She will continue to perform as a solo artist and 
	will release top-selling albums. She will receive numerous 
	awards including Philadelphia's Key to the City, a medal 
	from the Congressional Black Caucus, a citation from 
	Congress on her 20th anniversary in the music business, 
	another citation from President Reagan, a cable ACE, the 
	B'nai B'rith Creative Achievement Award, two NAACP 
	Entertainer of the Year Awards, the NAACP Image Award for 
	three consecutive years, the Ebony Achievement Award, the 
	Martin Luther King Lifetime Achievement Award, three Emmy 
	nominations, eight Grammy nominations and a 1992 Grammy 
	Award for Best R&B Female Vocal performance for her album
	"Burnin."

1958 - Bill Russell, center for the Boston Celtics, becomes the 
	NBA's MVP.  He is again named as MVP in 1961, 1962, 1963 
	and 1965.

1962 - Benny 'Kid' Paret is knocked out in the twelfth round by 
	Emile Griffith, in a welterweight title bout in New York 
	City. Paret will join the ancestors 10 days later. 

1969 - Joseph Kasavubu, President of the Congo, joins the ancestors.
	In 1960, he and Mobutu Sese Seko overthrew the government of
	Patrice Lumumba.

1972 - Z. Alexander Looby, the first African American to serve on 
	the Nashville City Council, joins the ancestors in 
	Nashville, Tennessee.  He had also been a successful 
	Nashville attorney, in the forefront of the Civil Rights 
	Movement, for many years. In 1960, he survived the April 
	19th bombing of his home.

1975 - Muhammad Ali defeats Chuck Wepner in a 15-round bout to 
	retain his world heavyweight crown.

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