On this day in 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, the first play written by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway, premiered at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, running for 530 performances!
On this day in 1970, the vocal group the 5th Dimension won Record of the year with “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” at the Grammy Musical Awards.
Charles Sumner was a Senator from Massachusetts, a lawyer, orator, and a champion for freedom and equality for all during Congressional Reconstruction. He passed into eternity on this day in 1874.
Robert Keith McFerrin, Jr, also known as Bobby McFerrin, musician and vocalist, composer arranger and producer, was born on this day in 1950 in New York.
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