April 16
1973- Leila Smith Foley was elected mayor of Taft, Oklahoma, making her the first African American woman to be elected mayor of a U.S. city.
April 17
1990- Playwright August Wilson won his second Pulitzer Prize for drama with the play “The Piano Lesson.”
April 18
1983- Alice Walker is awarded a Pultizer Prize for “The Color Purple,” and 10 days later she won an American Book Award for her fictional novel.
April 19
1977- Alex Haley was awarded a special Pultizer Prize for his book “Roots”.
April 20
1971- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that busing was a constitutionally acceptable method of integrating public schools.
April 21
2003- Singer, activist and poet Nina Simone died in Carry-le-Rouet, France at the age of 70.
April 22
1978- Bob Marley performed his famous “One Love” concert at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica. The concert was held during a political civil war in Jamaica.
