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Lowell W. Perry Confirmed as chairman of the Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
Attorney and public prosecutor Loretta Elizabeth Lynch was born on May 21, 1959 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
National Guard mobilized to quell riot in Chattanooga, Tennessee. One person was killed and four hundred were arrested.
The Notorious B.I.G. was an iconic East Coast rapper who released only one album during his lifetime, but rose to fame after his untimely death in a shooting incident. He was born Christopher George Latore Wallace on May 21, 1972 to Voletta Wallace and George Latore and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He was raised in the tough environment of the ghettos, and the family’s situation was worsened by the fact that his father left the family when Wallace was just two years old. He was raised by his mother who worked two jobs to support the two of them. Wallace was an intelligent child who excelled at his studies, particularly English.
By the time he was 12, he became involved in selling illegal drugs on the street. At the age of 17, he dropped out of school and was later arrested for possession of weapons. He was sentenced to five years on probation and was later arrested on parole violation for which he did a nine month stint in jail. He had been interested in rap music from a young age, and made a demo tape which was discovered by the rapper/ producer Sean Combs (better known as Puff Daddy) who signed him to his label “Bad Boy Records”.
Around this time, he adopted the stage name The Notorious B.I.G. (due to his large stature and weight) and was featured on a Mary J. Blige song “Real Love” which reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, followed by collaboration on another song “What’s the 411?”. His own song “Party and Bullshit” appeared in the the movie “Who’s the Man?” and the same year he collaborated with rappers LL Cool J and Busta Rhymes on the song “Flava in Ya Ear” which reached No. 9 on the Hot Billboard Hot 100. He also mentored a band called Junior M.A.F.I.A. which featured future R&B/ rap solo artist Lil’ Kim. The band released its debut album “Conspiracy” in 1995.
In 1994, Notorious B.I.G. released his first and only album during his lifetime, titled “Ready to Die”. It reached No. 13 on the Billboard 200 chart and was certified four times Platinum which included hit singles such as “Juicy/
Blanche Kelso Bruce was a US Senator from Mississippi; the first black man to serve a full term in the senate, and the first person born into slavery to preside over the senate. While serving in the senate, he was an advocate for civil rights for blacks, native Americans, Chinese immigrants and former Confederates (as we remember, the radical republicans werent too nice to that group).
After serving in the Senate, Bruce held many government appointments, including Register of the Treasury (appointed by President Garfield), recorder of deeds for DC, and a second term as Register of the Treasury. Bruce was the first African American to be represented on US currency, in the form of his signature as Register of the Treasury.
Register of the Treasury
05/21/1881 through 06/05/1885
and
12/03/1897 through 03/17/1898
Governor Patterson declared martial law in Montgomery and called out National Guard.
Police and National Guardsmen fired on demonstrators at North Carolina A&T College. One student was killed and five policemen were injured.
Christopher Perry, founder of the Philadelphia Tribune in 1884, dies
National Guard mobilized to quell disturbances at Ohio State University. Black and white students were demanding an end to ROTC programs and the admission of additional Black students.
Mary Patterson becomes the first black woman in the U.S.
to earn an M.A degree- when this is awarded by Oberlin College
Robert Creeley , in full Robert White Creeley (born May 21, 1926, Arlington, Massachusetts, U.
Black students enroll in classes at Oberlin College, Ohio.