MAY 10, 1975 – “BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS” – charted with their “Natty Dread” album, reaching #92. It was the first of seventeen chart albums through 1995. The band was originally called the “Wailin’ Wailers” because they used to start out crying. Bob Marley worked alternatively as a forklift driver, a waiter, a Chrysler […]
MAY 10, 1975 – THE COMMODORES” – “Slippery When Wet” – hit the charts becoming their first Pop Top 20 hit reaching #19 and first R&B #1 hit. The group began their career playing the club circuit, but unlike most acts, it wasn’t the local club circuit; they started in French resorts like St. Tropez.
MAY 10, 1994 – “NELSON ROLIHLAHLA MADELA” – is sworn in as the first black president of South Africa. In his inaugural address, Mandela, who spent 27 years of his life as a political prisoner of the South African government, declared that “the time for the healing of the wounds has come.” Two weeks earlier, […]
MAY 10, 1944 – “SMITH v. ALLWRIGHT” ~ (The case deciding that excluding Blacks from primary voting is illegal) was decided in the Supreme Court!!
MAY 8, 1992 – A Monument was dedicated to — “MUDDY WATERS” – master of the Blues, in Rolling Fork, Mississippi by local officials.
MAY 8, 1968 – “JAMES BROWN” – attended a dinner at the White House at the invitation of President and Mrs. Johnson.
MAY 8, 1951 – “PHILLIP BAILEY” – from “Earth, Wind and Fire” — was born in Denver, Coloroda.
MAY 8, 1970 – The New York Knicks defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the seventh game of the NBA Finals to win their first NBA championship. Willis Reed, Dave DeBusschere, Bill Bradley, Walt “Clyde” Frazier & Dick Barnett.
MAY 8, 1958 – “ERNEST GREEN” – After being escorted to High School by National Guard Troops, became the first Black person to graduate from Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
MAY 8, 1915 – “HENRY McNEAL TURNER” – the first Black Chaplain in the U.S. Army died.