Today in Black History 03/29/2010

*        Today in Black History - March 29        *

1918 - Pearl Mae Bailey is born in Newport News, Virginia.  She will
    achieve tremendous success as a stage and film actress,
    recording artist, nightclub headliner, and television
    performer. Among her most notable movies will be "Porgy and
    Bess" and "Carmen Jones" and she will receive a Tony Award
    for her starring role in an all-African-American version of
    "Hello Dolly." Bailey will be widely honored, including
    being named special advisor to the U.S. Mission to the
    United Nations and receiving the Presidential Medal of
    Freedom. She will join the ancestors on August 17, 1990.

1940 - Joe Louis knocks out Johnny Paycheck to retain his
    heavyweight boxing title.

1945 - Walt Frazier is born in Atlanta, Georgia.  He will become a
    basketball player and, as a guard for the New York Knicks,
    lead his team to NBA championships in 1970 and 1973.  He
    will also earn the nickname "Clyde" (from the movie Bonnie
    and Clyde) for his stylish wardrobe and flamboyant lifestyle
    off the court. Frazier will score 15,581 points (18.9 ppg)
    during his career, lead the Knicks in scoring five times,
    dish out 5,040 assists (6.1 apg), and lead the Knicks in
    assists 10 straight years. He will be elected to the
    Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987.

1955 - Earl Christian Campbell is born in Tyler, Texas.  He will
    become a star football player at the University of Texas and
    will amass 4,444 rushing yards in his college career.  He
    will win the 1977 Heisman Trophy and will go on to become a
    first player taken in the 1978 NFL draft. As a star running
    back for the Houston Oilers, he will become NFL rushing
    champion, Player of Year, All-Pro, Pro Bowl choice in 1978,
    1979, and 1980. His career-high will be 1,934 yards rushing,
    including four 200-yard rushing games in 1980. His career
    statistics will be: 9,407 yards, 74 TDs rushing, 121
    receptions for 806 yards and five Pro Bowls.  He will retire
    after nine seasons and will be enshrined in the Pro Football
    Hall of Fame in 1991.

1959 - Barthelemy Boganda, president and founder of the Central
    African Republic, joins the ancestors in a plane crash.

1968 - Students seize building on the campus of Bowie State College
    in Bowie, Maryland.

1990 - Houston's Hakeem Olajuwan scores the 3rd NBA quadruple double
    consisting of 18 points, 16 rebounds, 10 assists & 11
    blocked    shots vs the Milwaukee Bucks.

2005 - Johnnie L. Cochran, whose legal career representing both
    victims of police abuse and celebrities in peril reached its
    peak under media scrutiny when he successfully defended O.J.
    Simpson from murder charges, joins the ancestors after
    succumbing to brain cancer, at the age of 67.

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