On April 20 in 2010 Civil Rights legend Dorothy Height died at age 98 and on this day in 1951, singer Luther Vandross was born.

April 21, 1932 - African American cowboy Bill Pickett died at 72 after being kicked while roping at bronco. Pickett invented and was the master of the rodeo event called “Bulldogging.” Called the “Dusky Demon,” Pickett was one of the most talented and loved cowboys of the 101 Ranch Wild West Show that toured throughout America and Europe.

April 20, 1982 - Opera star Leontyne Price performed a concert at the Daughters of the American Revolution convention at Constitution Hall in Washington D.C. in honor of Marian Anderson, who had been barred from performing at the same venue in 1939 by the DAR because of racist practices.