APRIL 5, 1968 – After a night of rioting, “JAMES BROWN” — calms the City of Boston during a concert at the Boston Garden (by request of the Mayor) following the King assassination. The young Mayor had made arrangements for the James Brown Concert to be shown on Live TV, knowing that Black Boston would […]
CHICAGO — Wendy and Randall Casey don’t talk much over breakfast these days. Or lunch. Or even dinner. Truth be known, even though the mother and son share a home in Dixmoor, Illinois, they usually just pass each other in the night. After all, one doesn’t want to reveal too much campaign strategy to your […]
APRIL 3, 1996 – “MC HAMMER” (now known as Hammer) — was also known as Broke!!! He filed for bankruptcy on this day in Oakland, CA, with debts of more than $10 million even though a 1991 Forbes Magazine list had him as the nineteenth highest paid entertainer!!!
APRIL 3, 2007 – Grambling University Legendary Head Football Coach “EDDIE ROBINSON” Died. He was the coach of “Doug Williams” and many more great players.
APRIL 3, 1996 – U.S Secretary of Commerce – Ronald H. Brown, was killed along with 32 other Americans when their U.S. Air Force plane crashes into a mountain near Dubrovnik, Croatia.
APRIL 3, 1961 – “EDDIE MURPHY” ~ (actor and comedian) was born in Brooklyn, NY.
APRIL 3, 1950 – “CARTER G. WOODSON” ~ (the father of Black history) dies.
MARCH 29, 2005 – Famous OJ Simpson Criminal Attorney “JOHNNY COCHRAN” — died in Los Angeles.
MARCH 22, 1980 – Shalamar’s “The Second Time Around” peaked at #8 pop and also reached #1 R&B to become their biggest hit in a career spanning ten years and twenty-two R&B chart singles. The Group’s lead singer, Howard Hewitt would go on to solo success in the mid-80’s, while member Jody Whatley (God-Daughter of […]
MARCH 22, 1980 – Soul Balladeer “PEABO BRYSON” hit the charts with “Minute by Minute, reaching #12 R&B. Through 1993 the Greenville, South Carolina native had forty-five hit singles, including #1s “Show and Tell” and “Can’t Stop The Rain”.