* Today in Black History - March 28 * Once a year we go through the charade of February being Black History Month. Black History Month needs to be a 12-MONTH THING. When we all learn about our history, about how much weve accomplished while being handicapped with RACISM, it can only inspire us to greater heights, knowing were on the giant shoulders of our ANCESTORS. So Heres My Contribution... As It Is, It Shall Be....DAILY.. ***************************************************************** 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 collection. Congress had voted the award in recognition of Owens humanitarian contributions. After his athletic career, he had devoted his energy and his name to organizations providing opportunities to underprivileged youth.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 12:32:34 +0000
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