* Today in Black History - December 2 *
1859 - John Brown, abolitionist who planned the failed attack
on the Federal Arsenal at Harper's Ferry, is hanged at
Charles Town, West Virginia.
1866 - Harry T. Burleigh, singer and composer, is born in
Erie, Pennsylvania. He will be educated at the
National Conservatory of Music in New York City, where
he will meet and form a lasting friendship with Anton
Dvorak. He will eventually be awarded the NAACP's
Spingarn Medal. Burleigh will be best known for his
arrangements of the Negro spiritual "Deep River".
1884 - Granville T. Woods receives a patent for his first
electric device, an improved telephone transmitter.
1891 - North Carolina A&T College, Delaware State College and
West Virginia State College are established.
1891 - The Fifty-second Congress convenes. Only one African
American congressman has been elected - Henry P.
Cheatham of North Carolina.
1891 - Charles Harris Wesley, historian, educator, and
administrator, is born. His published works include,
"Neglected History," "Collapse of the Confederacy,"
"Negro Labor in the United States,"and "1850-1925: A
Study of American Economic History."
1908 - John Baxter "Doc" Taylor joins the ancestors as a result
of typhoid pneumonia at the age of 26. Taylor had
been a record-setting quarter miler and the first
African American Olympic gold medal winner in the 4 x
400-meter medley in the 1908 London games.
1912 - Henry Armstrong is born in Columbus, Mississippi, Better
known as "Hammering Hank," Armstrong will become the
only man to hold three boxing titles at once in the
featherweight, welterweight, and lightweight divisions.
1922 - Congressman, Charles C. Diggs is born.
1923 - Roland Hayes becomes the first African American to sing
in the Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts.
1940 - Willie Brown, NFL defensive back for the Denver Broncos
and the Oakland Raiders, is born.
1943 - "Carmen Jones," a contemporary reworking of the Bizet
opera "Carmen" by Oscar Hammerstein II with an all-black
cast, opens on Broadway.
1953 - Dr. Rufus Clement, president of Atlanta University, is
elected to the Atlanta Board of Education.
1975 - Ohio State running back Archie Griffin becomes the first
person ever to win the Heisman Trophy twice, when he is
awarded his second trophy in New York City. He amassed
a career record of 5,176 yards and 31 consecutive 100
yard plus games.
1989 - Andre Ware of the University of Houston, becomes the
first African American quarterback to win the Heisman
Trophy.
1992 - Dr. Maya Angelou is asked to compose a poem for William
Jefferson Clinton's presidential inauguration.
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