(Sidney Poitier)
April 9
1950- Actress Juanita Hall became the first African American to win a Tony Award for best-featured actress in a musical for her role as Bloody Mary in, “South Pacific.”
April 10
1968- The U.S. Congress passed the Civil Rights Bill banning racial discrimination in sales or rentals of nearly 80 percent of the nation’s housing.
April 11
1972- Lawyer and minister Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks became the first African American named to the Federal Communications Commission.
April 12
1989- Five-time World Middleweight Boxing Championship winner Sugar Ray Robinson died.
April 13
1964- Sidney Poitier became the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in “Lilies of the Field”.
(Tiger Woods)
April 14
2002- Tiger Woods won his third Masters Golf title and became the second person to ever win two titles consecutively.
April 15
(Harold Washington)
1922- Chicago’s first African American mayor Harold Washington was born. Washington started his office as Chicago’s mayor in 1983.
