Today in Black History 03/28/2010

*        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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