* Today in Black History - December 24 *
1832 - The first hospital for African Americans is founded by
whites and chartered in Savannah, Georgia.
1853 - Octavia Victoria Rogers Albert is born in Olgethorpe,
Georgia. She will began conducting interviews with men
and women who were once enslaved. These interviews will
be the raw material for her collection of narratives,
"The House of Bondage," or "Charlotte Brooks and Other
Slaves," published in 1890. She will join the ancestors
in 1890 before "The House of Bondage" becomes widely
known.
1881 - Tennessee starts the modern segregation movement with
Jim Crow railroad car laws and is followed by Florida
(1887), Mississippi (1888), Texas (1889), Louisiana
(1890), Alabama, Kentucky, Arkansas and Georgia (1891),
South Carolina (1898), North Carolina (1899), Virginia
(1900), Maryland (1904), and Oklahoma (1907).
1881 - The United Order of True Reformer, an African American
fraternal order, is established.
1881 - The exodus of five thousand Blacks from Edgefield County,
South Carolina begins. They become migrants, protesting
exploitation and violence, finally settling in Arkansas.
1898 - Irvin Charles Mollison is born in Vicksburg.Mississippi.
On October 3, 1945, President Truman will nominate him to
serve as a Judge for the United States Customs Court. He
will be confirmed by the Senate on October 26, 1945 and
will receive his commission on October 29, 1945. He will
serve on the court until his transition. He will join the
on May 5, 1962.
1924 - Irving Lee Dorsey is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He
will become a vocalist, best known for the recording of
"Working in the Coal Mines." He will join the ancestors
on December 1, 1986 after succumbing to emphysema.
1936 - Count Basie makes his New York debut at the Roseland
Ballroom.
1954 - In a session with the Miles Davis All-Stars, Thelonius
Monk records "Bag's Groove," which many will regard as his
finest solo performance.
1992 - Alphonso Michael 'Mike' Espy becomes the first African
American to hold the position of Secretary of Agriculture.
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