This Week In Black History March 27-April 2, 2024

SARAH VAUGHN MARCH 27 1924—The sensational Jazz sing­er Sarah Vaughn was born on this day in Newark, N.J. & She went on to become what many considered “the world’s greatest singing talent.” She was known as the “incomparable Sarah Vaughn.” 1970—Mariah Carey was born on this day in Long Island, N.Y. Her par­ents are of Irish/African-American/ Venezuelan background. Carey came to prominence after releas­ing her self-titled debut studio al­bum “Mariah Carey” in 1990; it went multiplatinum and spawned four consecutive number one singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Under the guidance of Columbia Records executive and later hus­band Tommy Mottola, she contin­ued booking success with followup albums “Emotions” (1991), “Music Box” (1993), and “Merry Christmas” (1994), Carey was established as Columbia’s highest-selling act. In 1998, she was honored as the world’s best-selling recording art­ist of the 1990s at the World Music Awards. She married actor/comedi­an Nick Cannon in 2008. She lists Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder as her favorite singers. MARCH 28 1900—The British demand the Ashanti Golden Stool. Ironically, the Ashanti had been one of the tribes which had actually benefited from slavery by capturing and sell­ing their fellow Africans. But when the slave trade ended, the...