* Today in Black History - May 29 *
1910 - Ralph Harold Metcalfe is born in Atlanta, Georgia. He will
become a world record holder in the 100-yard and 200-yard
dashes and win a bronze medal in the 1932 Olympic Games
and gold and silver medals in the 1936 Games. He will also
become a four-term congressman representing Illinois's 1st
District. He will join the ancestors on October 10, 1978.
1938 - Ronald Milner is born in Detroit, Michigan. He will become
trained as a writer and will exhibit his skills as a
playwright when he produces his first play , "Who's Got
His Own" on Broadway in 1966. In 1969, he will help start
"The Black Theater Movement," which will promote plays in
which African Americans could represent their lives on
stage. His works will include "What The Wine-Sellers Buy,"
"Jazz Set," "Don't Get God Started," and "Checkmates." He
will join the ancestors on July 16, 2004.
1944 - Maurice Bishop is born in Aruba and will be raised in
Grenada. While attending college in England during the
early 1960s, he will become involved in the Black Power
Movement and be heavily influenced by Malcolm X, Martin
Luther King, Jr. Kwame Nkrumah, and Walter Rodney, the
Guyanese activist. After returning to Grenada in 1970, he
will co-found a political organization, "Movement for
Assemblies of the People." This organization will later
merge with another political group, forming the "New Jewel
Movement." After constant conflict with, and harassment by,
Grenada's ruling regime, Bishop will become the minority
leader in the Grenadian government in 1976. In 1979, Bishop
will become the Prime Minister after leading a bloodless
coup. He will develop close ties with Castro's Cuba and
will obtain government funding from Cuba and the Soviet
Union. These relationships will cause the United States to
impose sanctions against Grenada which led to internal
turmoil in the Grenadian ruling party. After a party split,
Bishop and his primary supporters will join the ancestors
after being executed on October 19, 1983. Using this event
as an excuse to involve themselves in the politics of the
region, the United States will invade Grenada and keep a
"peacekeeping" mission on the island until 1985.
1950 - Maureen "Rebbie" Jackson is born in Gary, Indiana. Rebbie
will make her professional debut at the MGM Grand in Las
Vegas with her siblings, the Jackson's. In the late 70s,
she will begin to consider a solo career. Artists such as
Betty Wright and Wanda Hutchinson of the Emotions will
mentor her, but it will be her brother Michael who pens
and produces her very first hit, "Centipede." As the
title track of Rebbie's 1984 debut, "Centipede," introduces
the pop world to a Jackson most never knew existed.
1956 - La Toya Jackson is born in Gary, Indiana. She will become a
singer and one of the most controversial members of the
Jackson family. She will be referred to as "The Rebel With
A Cause." She will cause a big stir, when she poses for
Playboy Magazine. Her book, "La Toya: Growing Up in the
Jackson Family," will be on the New York Times Best Seller
List for nine weeks. She will attract full capacity
audiences in her performances all over the world.
1962 - John "Buck" O'Neil becomes the first African American coach
in major-league baseball. He accepts the job with the
Chicago Cubs. O'Neil had previously been a scout with the
Cubs organization. He had been a notable first baseman in
Black baseball.
1965 - Ralph Boston sets a world record in the broad jump at 27
feet, 4-3/4 inches, at a meet held in Modesto, California.
1969 - Artist and art educator James V. Herring joins the ancestors
in Washington, D.C. Herring organized the first American
art gallery to be directed and controlled by African
Americans on the Howard University campus in 1930, founded
and directed the university's art department and, with
Alonzo Aden, opened the famed Barnett-Aden Gallery in
Washington, D.C., in 1943.
1972 - Laverne Cox is born in Mobile, Alabama. She will become an
actress and LGBTQ+ advocate. She will rise to prominence with
her role as Sophia Burset on the Netflix series "Orange Is the
New Black," becoming the first openly transgender person to be
nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in any acting category,
and the first to be nominated for an Emmy Award since composer
Angela Morley in 1990. In 2015, she will win a Daytime Emmy
Award in Outstanding Special Class Special as executive producer
for "Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word," making her the first
openly transgender woman to win the award. In 2017, she will
become the first transgender person to play a transgender series
regular on broadcast TV as Cameron Wirth on CBS's Doubt. She will
appear as a contestant on the first season of VH1's reality show,
"I Want to Work for Diddy," and co-produced and co-hosted the VH1
makeover television series "TRANSform Me." In April 2014, She will
be honored by GLAAD with its Stephen F. Kolzak Award for her work
as an advocate for the transgender community. In June 2014, she
will become the first openly transgender person to appear on the
cover of Time magazine. She will be the first openly transgender
person to appear on the cover of a Cosmopolitan magazine, with her
February 2018 cover on the South African edition. She will also be
the first openly transgender person to have a wax figure of herself
at Madame Tussauds.
1973 - Tom Bradley is elected the first African American mayor of
Los Angeles, California. Winning after a bitter defeat
four years earlier by incumbent mayor Sam Yorty, Bradley,
a Texas native and former Los Angeles Police Department
veteran, will serve an unprecedented five terms.
1975 - Melanie Janine Brown is born in Harehills, Leeds, West Yorkshire,
England. Known professionally as Mel B, she will become a singer-
songwriter, rapper, actress, dancer, producer, model, television
personality, and author. She will rise to prominence in the 1990s as
a member of the girl group Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed
Scary Spice. With over 85 million records sold worldwide, the group
will become the best-selling female group of all time. During the
group's hiatus, she will release her debut solo album "Hot." The
album's lead single, "I Want You Back" will chart at number one on
the UK Singles Chart, and be included on the soundtrack for the 1998
film, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love." Other singles from the album such
as "Tell Me" and "Feels So Good" will both chart within the top 10 in
the UK. After signing with the independent label Amber Caf�, she will
release her second solo album "L.A. State of Mind," which will spawn
the release of one single "Today". She will release "For Once in My
Life" in 2013, her first single in eight years. She will then make
appearances on television. In 2007, she will participate on the fifth
season of the American dance competition series "Dancing with the
Stars," finishing in second place with her professional partner Maksim
Chmerkovskiy. Between 2011 and 2016, she will serve as a guest and main
judge on the Australian and British versions of The X Factor. She will
also co-present the Australian version of "Dancing with the Stars" for
one season in 2012. From 2013 until 2019, she will serve as a judge on
the NBC reality show "America's Got Talent" and "America's Got Talent:
The Champions." She will serve as a coach and mentor on "The Voice Kids
Australia" in 2014. Since 2016, she will also present the British
edition of Lip Sync Battle, alongside rapper Professor Green.
1980 - Vernon E. Jordan Jr., President of the National Urban League,
is critically injured in an attempted assassination in Fort
Wayne, Indiana.
1989 - Brandon Mychal Smith in born in Los Angeles, California. He will become
an actor, singer, dancer, and rapper. He will be best known for playing
Bug Wendal in "Gridiron Gang," Li'l Danny Dawkins in "Phil of the Future,"
Nico Harris in "Sonny with a Chance" and "So Random!," Stubby in
"Starstruck," Lord of da Bling in "Let It Shine," and Marcus in "One Big
Happy." He will receive critical acclaim for his portrayal of Little
Richard in the 2014 James Brown biopic, "Get On Up."
1999 - Olusegun Obasanjo becomes Nigeria's first civilian president
in 15 years, after a series of military regimes.
2003 - Wallace Terry joins the ancestors at the age of 65 after
succumbing to inflammation of blood vessels. He was a
journalist and author of "Bloods: An Oral History of the
Vietnam War by Black Veterans."
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