On This Day In Black History; Lionel Hampton, jazz innovator, was born (1909) in Louisville, Ky. 2. Everette Frederick Morrow, first African-American member of a presidential executive staff, was born (1909) in Hackansack, N.J. 3. Harriet E. Byrd, Wyomings first African-American state legislator, was born (1926) in Cheyenne, Wyo. 4. Luther Ronzoni Vandross, Grammy Award-winning singer, was born (1951) in New Your City. 5. James Earl Jones won a Tony Award for his role (1969) in the play The Great White Hope. 6. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled (1971) mandatory school busing constitutional.
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