This Week in Black History
- Post 06 March 2012
- By Associated Press
- Hits: 211
March 7: 1985 – “We Are the World” single was released.
March 8: 1993 – Billy Eckstine died.
March 9: 1871 – Oscar De Priest was born.
March 10: 1913 – Harriet Tubman died.
March 11: 1959 – Lorraine Hansberry’s play “A Raisin in the Sun” opened on Broadway.
March 12: 1955 – Jean Baptiste Point du Sable founded Chicago.
March 13: 1918 – James Rhoden was born.
