This Week in Black History
- Post 28 February 2012
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Feb. 29: 1940 – Hattie McDaniel became first Black to win an Oscar Award.
March 1: 1914 – Ralph Ellison was born.
March 2: 1962 – Wilt Chamberlain scored a record 100 points in a basketball game.
March 3: 1991 – Rodney King was beaten by several white LAPD officers.
March 4: 1877 – Garrett Morgan was born.
March 5: 1770 – Crispus Attucks was killed in the Boston Massacre.
March 6: 1957 – Ghana Independence Day.
