Today’s Black History facts for February 28th. Provided by our friends over @BlackFacts.comBe sure to stop by their site and check them out. I Hope everyone learn something new and discuss thing amongst themselfs. Celebrate Black Heritage. This is Green Culture. This is Black Culture. This is Hip Hop Culture. This is OUR CULTURE. Teach the youth.
Selected Black Facts For february 28th
1. 1990 – Singer Cornelius Gunter dies
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Cornelius Gunter, lead singer of the Coasters, was shot to death in Las Vegas, Nevada. Gunter joined the group in 1957 and was around for such hits as “Poison Ivy” and “Charlie Brown.”
2. 1990 – Computing’s Nobel Prize
Philip Emeagwali awarded the Gordon Bell Prize (computing’s Nobel Prize) for solving one of the twenty most difficult problems in the computing field.
3. 1984 – Michael Jackson, entertainer wins 8 Grammys
Musician and entertainer Michael Jackson wins eight Grammy Awards. His album, “Thriller”, broke all sales records to-date, and remains one of the top-grossing albums of all time.
4. 1977 – Death of comedian Eddie (“Rochester”) Anderson
Death of comedian Eddie (“Rochester”) Anderson (71).
5. 1948 – First Martyr in Ghanian Independence
Sgt. Cornelius F. Adjetey becomes the first martyr for national independence of Ghana.
6. 1942 – Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit
Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit.
7. 1940 – United States population: 131,669,275
United States population: 131,669,275. Black population: 12,865,518 (9.8 per cent). Richard Wright’s Native Son published.
8. 1932 – Inventors
Richard Spikes invented the automatic gear shift
9. 1879 – Southern Blacks fled political and economic
Southern Blacks fled political and economic exploitation in “Exodus of 1879.” Exodus continued for several years. One of the major leaders of the Exodus movement was a former slave, Benjamin (“Pap”) Singleton.
10. 1859 – Arkansas legislature required free Blacks to
Arkansas legislature required free Blacks to choose between exile and enslavement.
