Here’s some key events that happened on this day brought to you by Black Facts 1. 1993 – Arthur Ashe dies Tennis player Arthur Ashe dies. Ashe was the first African American to win at Wimbledon. 2. 1972 – Robert Lewis Douglas founder and coach of the Rens Robert Lewis Douglas founder and coach of the Rens, is inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. 3. 1961 – Jail-in movement started in Rock Hill, S.C., when Jail-in movement started in Rock Hill, S.C., when students refused to pay fines and requested jail sentences. Students Nonviolent Coordinating Committee urged south-wide “Jail, No Bail” campaign. 4. 1945 – Bob Marley Bob Marley, Jamacian reggae star is born. 5. 1933 – Walter E. Fauntroy born Walter E. Fauntroy was born in Washington, D.C. He went on to become a District of Columbia delegate to the House of Representatives. 6. 1898 – Melvin B. Tolson, author, educator, poet, born Melvin B. Tolson, author, educator, poet, born 7. 1870 – Jonathan Jasper Wright On this day, Jonathan Jasper Wright was elected to the South Carolina Supreme Court. 8. 1867 – Peabody Fund established The Peabody Fund for Black education in the South established. 9. 1820 – the Mayflower of Liberia The first organized emigration back to Africa begins when 86 free African Americans leave New York Harbor aboard the Mayflower of Liberia. They are bound for the British colony of Sierra Leone, which welcomes free African Americans as well as fugitive slaves. 10. 1820 – United States population: 9,638,453 United States population: 9,638,453. Black population: 1,771,656 (18.4 per cent). “Mayflower of Liberia” sailed from New York City with eighty-six Blacks. Ship arrived in Sierra Leone, March 9.
