Today in Black History 03/30/2010

*        Today in Black History - March 30        *

1869 - The 15th Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, which
    guarantees men, the right to vote regardless of "race, color
    or previous condition of servitude."  Despite ratification
    of the amendment, it will be almost 100 years before African
    Americans become "universally" enfranchised. Editor's Note:
    The entire African American population of Washington DC
    (approximately 300,000+ of the 550,000+ people who live
    there) is still constitutionally denied any voting rights or
    self-government in the United States. This is a gaping
    exception to a so-called "universal" practice.

1923 - Zeta Phi Beta sorority is incorporated. It was founded on
    January 16, 1920 at Howard University in Washington, DC.

1941 - The National Urban League presents a one-hour program over a
    national radio network and urges equal participation for
    blacks in the national defense program.

1946 - "St. Louis Woman" opens on Broadway.  Based on a book by Arna
    Bontemps and Countee Cullen from Bontemps's novel "God Sends
    Sunday," the play brought wide attention to supporting
    actress Pearl Bailey, who stopped the show nightly with her
    renditions of "Legalize My Name" and "A Woman's
    Prerogative."

1948 - Naomi Sims is born in Oxford, Mississippi. She will become a
    trailblazing fashion model and founder of a beauty company
    that will bear her name.

1960 - Eighteen students are suspended by Southern University for
    participating in civil rights demonstrations.  Southern
    University students will rebel on March 31, boycotting
    classes and requesting withdrawal slips. The rebellion will
    collapse after the death of a professor from a heart attack.

1963 - Air Force Capt. Edward J. Dwight, Jr. is named to the fourth
    class of aerospace research pilots at Edwards Air Force
    Base, becoming the first African American candidate for
    astronaut training. He will be dropped from the program in
    1965.

1963 - Stanley Kirk Burrell is born in Oakland, California. He will
    become a rapper known as "M.C. Hammer" and will come out in
    1988 with the album, "Let's Get It Started. He will be best
    known for his hit, "U Can't Touch This."

1995 - Tens of thousands of Rwandan refugees, fleeing violence in
    Burundi, begin a two-day trek to sanctuary in Tanzania.

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