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* Today in Black History - March 27 *
1872 - Cleveland Luca, a musician, member of the famous musical Luca
Family Quartet and composer of the Liberian National Anthem,
joins the ancestors in Liberia.
1924 - Sarah Vaughan is born in Newark, New Jersey. On a dare, she
will enter a 1943 amateur contest at the Apollo Theatre in
Harlem and be hired by Earl "Fatha" Hines as a result of her
performance. She will begin recording in 1945, be considered
one of the finest jazz vocalists, and earn the nickname "The
Divine One." She will join the ancestors on April 3, 1990.
* Today in Black History - March 28 *
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.
* 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.
* Today in Black History - March 30 *
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."
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."
* Today in Black History - March 31 *
1853 - At concert singer Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield's New York debut in
Metropolitan Hall, African Americans are not allowed to attend.
Angered and embarrassed at the exclusion of her race, Greenfield
will perform in a separate concert at the Broadway Tabernacle
for five African American congregations.
1949 - William Grant Still's opera, "Troubled Island" receives its world
premiere at the New York City Opera. In addition to marking Robert
McFerrin's debut as the first African American male to sing with
the company, the opera is the first ever written by an African
American to be produced by a major opera company.
1967 - Jimi Hendrix begins the tradition of burning his guitar in London,
England.
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