March 21, 1960 The Sharpville Massacre occurred when South African police opened fire on 5,000 to 7,000 black protesters, killing 69 and injuring more than 180. The black South Africans were organized by the Pan Africanist Congress to protest the pass laws which restricted the movement of blacks. When they converged on a local police […]
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March 21st in African American History – John William “Johnny” Bristol
March 21, 2004 John William “Johnny” Bristol, musician, songwriter and record producer, died. Bristol was born February 3, 1939 in Morganton, North Carolina. After serving in the United States Air Force, Bristol recorded several singles before his label was absorbed by Motown Records in the mid-1960s. At Motown, he teamed with Harvey Fuqua to write […]